United States Tenth Circuit

When a defendant alleges that his attorney's ineffective assistance led him to plead guilty, the test for prejudice is whether he can show that he would not have pled guilty had his attorney performed in a constitutionally adequate manner, not whether he would have prevailed at trial.

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• Decided 08/21/2001
• Published 08/21/2001

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• United States Tenth Circuit

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