Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.

82 L. Ed. 2d 863

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1984-06-25
Topic
general

concluding that capital sentencing proceedings under Florida law were indistinguishable from ordinary trial for purposes of right to counsel, because they were “sufficiently like a trial in [their] adversarial format and in the existence of standards for decision” | When criminal defendant complains of ineffectiveness of counsel’s assistance, the proper measure of attorney performance remains simply reasonableness under prevailing professional norms. | right to effective assistance violated when government “interferes in certain ways with the ability of counsel to make independent decisions about how to conduct the defense” | right to counsel also guaranteed by Wyo. Const. art. 1, § 10 | when needs of grand jury conflict | when needs of grand jury conflict

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466 U. S. 485;

466 U. S. 668;

466 U. S. 765; and

466 U. S. 972. Petitions for rehearing denied.