Brewer v. Hall

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• holding that appellate counsel’s failure to present the testimony of trial counsel at an evidentiary hearing was deficient but that, ultimately, trial counsel’s performance was not deficient; thus, appellate counsel’s performance caused no prejudice
• “Because this error involves the defendant’s constitutional rights, the defendant would be entitled to a new trial unless the error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”
• where the improper testimony from the police officer was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, defendant was not prejudiced by his trial counsel’s failure to object to the testimony
• where the improper testimony from the police officer was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, defendant was not prejudiced by his trial counsel’s failure to object to the testimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).