Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Swisher v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

Swisher v. Comm’n for Law. Discipline, 526 U.S. 1164 (1999)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1999-06-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • counsel’s choice to elicit defendant’s prior bad acts in examination of other witnesses did not fall below objective standard of reasonableness
  • discussing Harris rule with approval

Citator

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