CASE 7.2
Is it enough to have a lawyer? Must the lawyer also be competent and effective? The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the effective assistance of counsel as essential to the Sixth Amendment guarantee (McMann v. Richardson, 1970).
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The Court's most significant holding regarding the effective assistance of counsel came in 1984 in which case?

A. Strickland v. Washington
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. United States. v. Wade
D. Brady v. United States


Answer: A

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