Clarence Carter v. Betty Mitchell, Warden

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• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective where the additional testimony of the petitioner's family members was cumulative, and affidavits themselves described a relatively stable, although imperfect, family environment
• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective where the additional testimony of the petitioner’s family members was cumulative, and affidavits themselves described a relatively stable, although imperfect, family environment
• holding that there was no basis to find that counsel's performance was deficient because the petitioner did not provide any statement from trial counsel describing what he did or did not do
• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective where the additional testimony of the petitioner’s family members was cumulative, and affidavits themselves described a relatively stable, although imperfect, family environment
• holding that to establish ineffective assistance of counsel at mitigation for failure to obtain a mental health expert, there must be some evidence that the petitioner’s mental health was at issue
• noting that evidence of, inter alia, a “history of drug use and alcohol abuse” would be “double edge[d]”

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