Legal Opinion
State v. Cyrs
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 22, 1987No. 86-382PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, C.J.
This is a consolidated appeal from not only the two convictions of the defendant-petitioner (defendant) for the sale of cocaine, RSA 318:B-2, and his one conviction for possession of marijuana, second offense, RSA 318-B:2, but also the denial of the defendant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. N.H. Const. pt. I, art. 15; U.S. Const. amends. VI, XIV. We reverse the denial of the petition.
The facts pertaining to the defendant’s assertion that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel involve a triangular web…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State v. BallSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
- State v. WestoverSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. MountjoySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1998
- State v. FennellSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1990
- Mountjoy v. Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- State v. GonzalezSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1999
- Howerton v. DanenbergSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
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