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Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

14-848

Issue: Whether an appellate court violates the core principles of Strickland v. Washington when it conducts a post- hoc assessment of trial counsel’s performance based on scientific advances not available at the time of trial.

Recommended Citation: John Ehrett, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 24, 2015, 11:00 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2015/06/petition-of-the-day-859/