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Is It Enough to Have a Lawyer? Must the Lawyer

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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?


Definitions:

Consumer Surplus

The offset between what customers are willing and able to pay for a service or product and what they actually expend.

Consumer Surplus

The distinction between the ideal spending amount of consumers on a good or service and their actual expenditure.

Government

The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit, responsible for creating and enforcing laws and managing public services.

Transfer

The movement of something from one place, person, or ownership to another, often without the exchange of money.

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