Antwan Dilworth v. State of Florida

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• collecting federal cases and holding that on collateral review, Strickland applied to situations where trial counsel prevented defendant from testifying
• noting distinction between denial of defendant’s right to testify by the trial court and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on the denial and finding that Strickland prejudice standard applied
• a federal court may take background facts from the state appellate court opinion “because they are presumptively correct on habeas review”
• “We take the facts from the Illinois Appellate Court’s opinions because they are presumptively correct on habeas review and [Petitioner] has not rebutted this presumption.”
• “We take the facts from the Illinois Appellate Court’s opinions because they are presumptively correct on habeas review.”
• federal habeas courts may take background facts from the state appellate court opinion “because they are presumptively correct on habeas review”

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