Which case occured first, Strickland v. Washington or Barron v. Baltimore?
Strickland v. Washington Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) , was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that established the standard for determining when a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated by that counsel's inadequate performance.
Eric T. Washington Eric T. Washington (born December 2, 1953) is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed to the D.C. Court of Appeals in 1999 by President Bill Clinton and served as Chief Judge from August 6, 2005, to March 18, 2017.