ALVORD v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 83-6807.

469 U.S. 956 (1984)

ALVORD v. WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 29, 1984.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE MARSHALL, with whom JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, dissenting.

This petition asks us to consider whether an attorney renders effective assistance of counsel when he forgoes all investigation into his client's only plausible line of defense and defers to his client's wishes on defense strategy, without any regard for the client's knowledge of, or ability to understand, the law, the facts, or the ramifications of the decision.

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