Chat with us, powered by LiveChat The Court assumes that effective assistance of counsel is present unless the adversarial process is so undermined by counsels conduct that the trial cannot be relied upon to hav - Writeden

 The Court assumes that effective assistance of counsel is present unless the adversarial process is so undermined by counsel’s conduct that the trial cannot be relied upon to have produced a just result. An accused who claims ineffective counsel must show the following: (1) deficient performance by counsel and (2) a reasonable probability that a competent attorney would have led to a different outcome (Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 [1984]). Discuss the difficulty of successfully demonstrating point number two. Please articulate WHY in your answers