Allen R. Turk v. Theo White, Warden Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of the State of California

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• “[0]nce [counsel] reasonably selected the self-defense theory, his duty to investí-. gate the competency defense, which directly conflicted with the self-defense theory, ended.”
• counsel’s selection of self-defense theory was reasonable and obviated his need to investigate defendant’s claim of incompetency
• conviction for new offense affirmed when statutes “d[id] not require that the [predicate] conviction and sentence be a valid one” and “did not exclude invalid convictions”

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