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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 67 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 Roe v. Flores-Ortega.

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1 Roe v. Flores-Ortega Anchor
scotus · 2000
green “the relevant question is not whether counsel's choices were strategic, but whether they were reasonable.” 62
2 Jimmy Lee Horton v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
ca11 · 1991
green “our case law rejects the notion that a 'strategic' decision can be reasonable when the attorney has failed to investigate his options and make a reasonable choice between them.” 5

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