Is It Enough to Have a Lawyer? Must the Lawyer

question 70

Multiple Choice

Is it enough to have a lawyer? Must the lawyer also be competent and effective? The Supreme Court has recognized the effective assistance of counsel as essential to the Sixth Amendment guarantee (McMann v. Richardson 1970) .
-What standard was applied in the Court's most significant holding in 1984 as the proper criterion to be applied in making a determination of the ineffectiveness of counsel?

• A)an "objective standard of reasonableness."
• B)a "subjective standard of reasonableness."
• C)a "partial standard of reasonableness."
• D)a "qualified standard of reasonableness."

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