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“The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees a defendant a right to effective assistance of counsel, even ‘[b]efore deciding whether to plead guilty.’” (quoting Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 364 (2010)).

r not being able to impeach the state’s key witness with the witness’s prior convictions.” “Generally, an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim should be raised in a postconviction petition for relief, rather than on direct appeal, because an evidentiary hearing, if granted, provides the district court with additional facts to explain the parties’ decisions.”

(citing Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984)).

(applying the Strickland test in a Minnesota criminal case); , 535 (Minn. App. 2017) (applying the two- prong test and not an abuse-of-discretion standard when an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim was brought on direct appeal).

(applying Strickland); (applying the two- prong test when an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim was brought on direct appeal).

“Because ineffective assistance of counsel may render a plea constitutionally invalid, and a manifest injustice exists if a guilty plea is not valid, a guilty plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel creates a manifest injustice as a matter of law.” (citation and quotation omitted).

see State v. Cram , d 898, 906 (Minn. 2006) (applying Strickland to claim of ineffective assistance regarding restitution).

d 531, 536 (Minn. App. 2017).

“Generally, an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim should be raised in a postconviction petition for relief, rather than on direct appeal, because an evidentiary hearing, if granted, provides the district court with additional facts to explain the parties’ decisions.”

(applying Strickland to claim of ineffective assistance regarding restitution).

“[I]neffective assistance of counsel may render a plea con stitutionally invalid, and a manifest injustice exists if a guilty plea is not valid.” (citation and quotation omitted).

See State v. Ellis- 17 Strong, (“An attorney’s ‘mistake of law’ because of a failure to look up a statute may amount to an objectively unreasonable performance.”); see also Hinton v. Alabama, 571 U.S. 263, 274 (2014) (ruling that trial counsel’s performance was objectively unreasonable where counsel mistakenly believed tha

(citing Andersen v. State , ).

See Hinton v. Alabama, 571 U.S. 263, 274 (2014) (“An attorney’s ignorance of a point of law that is fundamental to his case combined with his failure to perform basic research on that point is a quintessential example of unreasonable performance under 6 Strickland.”); (“An attorney’s ‘mistake of law’ because of a failure to look up a statute may amount to an objectively unreasonable performance.” (discussing Hinton, 571 U.S. at 274-75)) .

(citing Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984)).

(explaining that , if the record is adequate, an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim may be brought in a direct appeal).

Under the Strickland test, a defendant must show “(1) counsel’s representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and 9 would have insisted on going to trial.” (quotations omitted).

“Because ineffective assistance of counsel may render a plea constitutionally invalid, and a manifest injustice exists if a guilty plea is not valid, a guilty plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel creates a manifest injustice as a matter of law.” (quotation and citations omitted).

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