Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel

QUESTION PRESENTED The Sixth Circuit deliberately applied a more demanding standard for showing prejudice for ineffective assistance of counsel than the standard established by Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), which is uniformly followed by the Circuit Courts. The Sixth Circuit did so because it decided that applying the normal standard would be a windfall for the petitioner, who would evidently win his claim under the normal standard. Was that error? ii