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Wiggins v. Smith 539 U.S. 510 (2003) is a case in which the United States Supreme Court spelled out standards for effectiveness in the constitutional right to legal counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. Previously the court had determined that the Sixth Amendment included the right to effective assistance of legal counsel but it did not specify what constitutes effective thus leaving the standards for effectiveness vague. In Wiggins v.