context: Only twice prior to Strickland has a New Jersey court purported to apply a "reasonable competence" standard.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 155 N.J.Super. 567, 570
citation_a.parenthetical: trial counsel departed from "the accepted standard of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases"
citation_a.sentence: Id. at 519; see also State v. Marrero, 155 N.J.Super. 567,570 (App.Div.1978) (trial counsel departed from “the accepted standard of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases”); cf. State v. Sugar, 84 N.J. 1, 17 (1980) (without applying standard, court notes that counsel must be “reasonably competent”).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 84 N.J. 1, 17
citation_b.parenthetical: without applying standard, court notes that counsel must be "reasonably competent"
citation_b.sentence: Id. at 519; see also State v. Marrero, 155 N.J.Super. 567,570 (App.Div.1978) (trial counsel departed from “the accepted standard of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases”); cf. State v. Sugar, 84 N.J. 1, 17 (1980) (without applying standard, court notes that counsel must be “reasonably competent”).