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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 94 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. Solmonson.

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1 People v. Solmonson Anchor
michctapp · 2004
green “effective assistance of counsel is presumed, and the defendant bears a heavy burden of proving otherwise.” 73
2 People v. Douglas
mich · 2014
green “(1) that counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness, and (2) that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” 21

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