Arnold Lynn v. Dennis Bliden, First Deputy Supt.

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• holding that state court’s determination that counsel was not ineffective in failing to move to reopen Wade hearing was not objectively unreasonable
• noting that a petitioner must do more than show error alone
• finding insufficient prejudice in part because jury was already aware of evidence counsel failed to admit
• “An inquiry into inconsistent statements regarding identifications is a task for trial counsel on cross-examination of the identifying witnesses.”
• “As a general rule, a habeas petitioner will be able to demonstrate that trial counsel's decisions were objectively unreasonable only if there was no tactical justification for the course taken.”
• “[a]s a general rule, a habeas petitioner will be able to demonstrate that trial counsel’s decisions were objectively unreasonable only if there [was] no . . . tactical justification for the course taken” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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