Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Apr. 12, 2021
Ineffective assistance
Reliance on binding precedent may no longer be enough
Brittany L. Lane
Senior Associate
Cohen Williams LLP
Email: blane@cohen-williams.com
Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY
In the course of defending a criminal case, defense attorneys make countless strategic choices. Whether to call a witness, whether to pursue a certain defense, whether to emphasize an argument — all are judgment calls we make routinely. But our clients face impossibly high stakes and too often stand to lose their liberty and their vocations if we fail them, imbuing each decision along the way with unique, and sometimes outsized, significance.
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