Cunningham v. State

1 Citing case

  1. Balbirnie v. State

    649 S.W.3d 345 (Mo. Ct. App. 2022)   Cited 6 times
    Holding that trial counsel's failure to object to witness's testimony in order to avoid highlighting that testimony was a reasonable trial strategy

    " ‘Reasonable choices of trial strategy, no matter how ill-fated they appear in hindsight, cannot serve as a basis for a claim of ineffective assistance.’ " Cunningham v. State , 640 S.W.3d 807, 810 (Mo. App. W.D. 2022) (quoting Hosier v. State , 593 S.W.3d 75, 81 (Mo. banc 2019) ). To prove prejudice, Balbirnie must show "that a reasonable probability exists that ‘but for’ counsel's errors the proceeding would have had a different result."