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Eleventh Circuit· 9/16/2020

David Scott Franks v. GDCP Warden

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  • 975 F.3d 1165

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • to prevail on Strickland claim under AEDPA, petitioner must show that “no reasonable jurist could find that his counsel’s performance fell within the wide range of reasonable professional conduct”
  • “[E]vidence of [the petitioner’s] drug use, difficult childhood[,] and learning disability, in addition to being weak mitigating evidence, may have eroded any residual doubt if trial counsel had focused on those issues.” (quotation omitted)
  • “The question of whether an attorney’s actions were actually the product of a tactical or strategic decision is an issue of fact, and a state court’s decision concerning that issue is presumptively correct.” (quoting , 148 F.3d 1327, 1330 (11th Cir. 1998))
  • “The question of whether an attorney’s actions were actually the product of a tactical or strategic decision is an issue of fact, and a state court’s decision concerning that issue is presumptively correct.” (quoting , 148 F.3d 1327, 1330 (11th Cir. 1998))
  • “The question of whether an attorney’s actions were actually the product of a tactical or strategic decision is an issue of fact, and a state court’s decision concerning that issue is presumptively correct.” (quoting , 148 F.3d 1327, 1330 (11th Cir. 1998))
  • “The question of whether an attorney’s actions were actually the product of a tactical or strategic decision is an issue of fact, and a state court’s decision concerning that issue is presumptively correct.” (quoting , 148 F.3d 1327, 1330 (11th Cir. 1998))

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