The Sixth Amendment Right to Effective Counsel: What Does It Mean Today?

Authors

Marianne Harvell, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. The Problem

III. Supreme Court Cases

IV. Standards of the Federal Circuit Courts … A. Farce and Mockery Standard … B. Reasonableness Standard … C. Criticisms of the Reasonableness Standards

V. Retained v. Appointed Counsel

VI. Automatic Reversal v. Harmless Error

VII. Burden of Proof

VIII. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Marianne Harvell, The Sixth Amendment Right to Effective Counsel: What Does It Mean Today?, 59 Neb. L. Rev. (1980)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol59/iss4/5