Paula Bennett v. Shawn Brewer, Warden
1. Whether, under Strickland, a court may conduct a prejudice analysis that focuses solely on the sufficiency of the evidence presented, or must it instead consider the closeness of the case and whether there is a reasonable likelihood the outcome would have been different without counsel's errors.
2. Whether Strickland requires courts to consider the cumulative prejudicial impact of the totality of counsel's errors, as a majority of circuits have held, or instead the prejudice of each of trial counsel's errors in isolation, as held by the remaining minority.
Whether a court may conduct a prejudice analysis that focuses solely on the sufficiency of the evidence presented, or must instead consider the closeness of the case and likelihood of a different outcome