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Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

16-857

Issue: Whether, when the actual basis for counsel’s acts or omissions was unreasonable, a court may nevertheless hold, based on an invented rationale, that defense counsel’s performance was reasonable under Strickland v. Washington.

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 24, 2017, 11:19 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/03/petition-of-the-day-1113/