Burley Gilliam v. Secretary for the Dept. of Corr.

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• even if other experts may have been more compelling, such fact does not establish that the failure to retain those experts was unreasonable
• “That defense counsel has refused to characterize the decision as strategic is not dispositive; the record shows that he in vestigated the facts, prepared ... witnesses, assessed the jury and concluded that they would be unreceptive[.]”
• the fact that “defense counsel has refused to characterize the decision as strategic is not dispositive; the record shows that he investigated the facts, prepared mitigating witnesses, assessed the jury and concluded that they would be unreceptive to additional evidence!.]”

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