Bennett v. Kiggins

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• finding no 6 reasonable possibility of a different outcome “[g]iven the weakness of the omitted experts’ 7 evaluation when compared to the overwhelming evidence presented to the jury”
• finding no prejudice where counsel did not present diminished capacity evidence because the strength of defendant’s intent “contrast[ed] sharply with the relatively weak” evidence on diminished capacity, which would have negated the requisite intent
• “In sum, the jury heard overwhelming evidence that Hernandez had the specific intent to rape both Bristol and Ryan, and that he murdered both women willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation.”
• counsel, who forgot to subpoena witness for use at trial, was negligent; but, that still did not rise to level of ineffective counsel where, at best, the witness would have offered testimony of minimal probative value

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