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Wiggins v. Smith: The Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Standard Applied Twenty Years After Strickland
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I. INTRODUCTION
Challenges based on ineffective assistance of counsel are the most frequently filed claims in both federal and state post-conviction relief proceedings.1 Lawyers have a duty to provide competent representation to each client and are required to act as a competent advisor to the client.2 This duty is based on the constitutional right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, which the Court has determined includes the right to effective assistance of counsel.3 The Su...
