613 F. Supp. 1065 - Sanchez v. Scully’s Empirical Analysis
1985
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jones v. Howard · Bowsher v. Merck & Co. · United States v. Aulet · United States v. Dukes
Most-quoted passages
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“In view of counsel’s efforts and eventual success with respect to finding and interviewing these witnesses, the Court rejects petitioner’s claim that his counsel’s performance in investigating and interviewing fell below the standard of reasonable competence. sjs * % >¡s * >}: To the extent petitioner objects to counsel’s failure to call other alibi witnesses at trial, the Court rejects this as a matter of trial strategy which does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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