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State v. Khalil Abdul Farook
Filed August 14, 2026

The vote

5–2
Divided
7 of 7 justices participating
Concurrence 1 justice Agreed with the outcome, wrote separately
Dissent 2 justices Disagreed with the Court’s decision

Lineup parsed from the opinion and verified against the PDF.

From the opinion

The issue in this case is whether the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Florida v. Nixon generally requires the two-part test in Strickland v.

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The record

DecisionReversed
Docket457PA20
CountyRowan County