WELCH

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (25 total)

• Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (U.S. 1984)
  …sel himself is to blame for the inadequacy of the legal assistance received by a defendant should make no difference in deciding whether the defendant must prove prejudice. See United States v. Yelardy, 567 F. 2d 863, 865, n. 1 (CA6), cert. denied, 439 U. S. 842 (1978); Beasley v. United States, 491 F. 2d 687, 696 (CA6 1974); Commonwealth v. Badger, 482 Pa. 240, 243-244, 393 A. 2d 642, 644 (1978). See, e. g., State v. Pacheco, 121 Ariz. 88, 91, 588 P. 2d 830, 833 (1978); Hoover v. State, 270 Ark. 978, 980,…
• Washington v. Strickland, 693 F.2d 1243 (5th Cir. 1982)
  …7, 220 (8th Cir.1975), and others seem to assume that where prejudice must be shown, it must run to the outcome of the proceeding about which the petitioner is complaining. E.g., United States v. Williams, 575 F. 2d 388, 393 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 842, 99 S.Ct. 134, 58 L.Ed.2d 141 (1978). Surely there is room in constitutional law to permit various ver-balizations. The district court here found there was no likelihood that what Tunkey could, have done, but did not, would have altered the sentence…
• United States v. Decoster, 624 F.2d 196 (D.C. Cir. 1976)
  …nguage. See United States v. Wright, supra, 573 F. 2d at 684 (even under higher standard of “reasonably effective assistance,” defendant’s counsel provided effective assistance); United States v. Williams, 575 F. 2d 388, 393 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 842, 99 S.Ct. 134, 58 L.Ed.2d 141 (1978) (performance of counsel did not make proceedings farce or mockery, nor did it fall below standard of reasonably competent attorney acting as diligent, conscientious advocate); United States v. Tolliver, 569 F. 2d…

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