In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that even when a lawyer commits a serious error at trial the verdict will not be reversed unless "there is reasonable probability that but for the counsel's unprofessional errors, the results of the proceeding would have been different."

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The correct case is Strickland v. Washington, which established the two-pronged test for determining when a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated by ineffective assistance of counsel. The test requires showing that the counsel's performance was deficient and that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense.

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