What is the test for a challenge to a guilty plea based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Burleson, 919 F.2d 146 (9th Cir. 1990):
We review challenges to guilty pleas based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel using the two part test announced in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). Under this test, a criminal defendant must show that his counsel's performance was deficient, and that this deficient performance prejudiced his defense. Id. at 687.
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