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However, there is a “strong presumption” that “counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.” –03 ¶ 10 (2021) (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 689).

Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687; ¶ 9 (2021).

Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687; ¶ 9 (2021).

–78 (1991); –97 (1995); ¶ 43 (2019); ¶¶ 11, 14–15, 104 ¶ 16 (2021).

To establish the second prong of the Strickland test, a defendant must “show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” ¶ 17 (2021) (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 694).

Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687; ¶ 9 (2021).

“A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” ¶ 17 (2021) (citation omitted).

“A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” ¶ 17 (2021) (citation omitted).

at 273 (quotation omitted), and the deficiency must be established by “demonstrable reality,” not mere speculation, ¶ 10 (2021).

¶ 17 (2021) (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 693).

¶22 A defendant’s lawyer “is not deficient merely for making errors.” ¶ 10 (2021).

¶ 30 (noting that “[l]egal community standards ‘may be valuable measures of the prevailing professional norms of effective representation,’ but they are not ‘inexorable commands’” ( ¶ 14 (2021))).

Defendants have a constitutional right “to effective assistance of counsel.” ¶ 9 (2021) (quoting Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 686 (1984)).

“A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” ¶ 17 (2021).

¶10 “A defendant’s lawyers are not deficient merely for making errors.” ¶ 10 (2021).