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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 121 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Cornell.

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1 People v. Cornell Anchor
mich · 2002
green “a reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” 42
2 People of Michigan v. Christopher Duran Head
michctapp · 2018
green “effective assistance of counsel is presumed, and the defendant bears a heavy burden of proving otherwise.” 34
3 People v. Cornell
mich · 2002
green “a defendant must show that (1) counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) but for counsel's deficient performance, there is a reasonable probability that the outcome would have been different.” 25
4 People v. Lane
michctapp · 2014
green “to prove that his defense counsel was not effective, the defendant must show that (1) defense counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) there is a reasonable probability that counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defendant.” 20

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