Developing a Two-Part Test for Making a Determination of Whether

question 5

Multiple Choice

Developing a two-part test for making a determination of whether a capital defendant was provided ineffective assistance of counsel, the Court in _____________ said that such a claim was valid only if: (1) the counsel's performance was objectively unreasonable, and (2) there was a reasonable likelihood that the trial would have had a different outcome because of such performance.

• A) Wiggins v. Smith
• B) Strickland v. Washington
• C) United States v. Cronic
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Midrange

A statistical measure that represents the halfway point between the smallest and largest values in a dataset.

Population Mean

The average of a set of characteristics or values within an entire population.

Midrange

The statistical measure calculated by adding the highest and lowest values in a dataset and then dividing by two, indicating the midpoint of the data range.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how much the data points differ from the average.