Berryhill v. Ricketts

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• held, counsel not ineffective for failing to present defense of insanity, where after sufficient factual investigation and legal research, counsel determined that defense, though proper to assert, was unrealistic and could prove disadvantageous to the defense
• failure to raise insanity defense not ineffective assistance
• cert. den. 441 U. S. 967 (1979)

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