Clarke v. Galdamez
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY SENIOR JUSTICE ELIZABETH LACY
In this appeal, the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections asks us to reverse the judgment of the habeas court granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus because a decision by Daniel Galdamez to reject a plea agreement and proceed to trial could not be rational as a matter of law and, therefore, Galdamez could not satisfy the prejudice prong of Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).
BACKGROUND
In August 2013, while driving his vehicle out of a parking lot onto a multi-lane public roadway, Daniel…
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