In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that even when a lawyer commits a serious error at trial the verdict will not be reversed unless “there is reasonable probability that but for the counsel’s unprofessional errors, the results of the proceeding would have been different.”

A. McCleskey v. Kemp
B. State v. N. J.
C. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Strickland v. Washington


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