Hanes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “The motion court found that trial counsel obtained copies of all police reports and provided the reports to mov-ant’s mother with the understanding that she would give them to movant and that trial counsel met with movant four times for a total of more than two hours in jail and two other times at the County Courthouse and spoke with movant on the phone numerous times. The motion court further found that, during the course of these conversations, trial counsel discussed the state’s case and possible defenses and that trial counsel believed from movant’s comments that he was aware of the contents of the police reports. The motion court found that trial counsel conducted an independent investigation of the case and personally interviewed the state’s witnesses, lay witnesses and movant’s co-workers. These findings are supported by the record and are not clearly erroneous. ... The motion court found that prior ■to trial movant and his counsel discussed witnesses to be called at trial, and counsel decided to call six witnesses who he felt would benefit movant. The motion court further found that counsel discussed other potential witnesses and their testimony with movant but chose not to call additional witnesses as matters of trial strategy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanes v. Dormire