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SO00

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on: Aug 17, 2018
Explain the test for effective assistance of counsel.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is the significance of the Escobedo decision?
 
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Loise Hard

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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: First, the defendant must show that counsels performance was deficient. Second, the defendant must
show that counsels deficient performance prejudiced the defense. Strickland v. Washington (1984), 466
U.S. 668 covers the point.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: It clarifies when the right to counsel begins. It points out the right to counsel during any police
investigation.


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