Davinne G. Taylor v. Jody Bradley, Warden

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• explaining that state court had reasonably applied Strickland in holding that two eyewitness identifications, by individuals previously acquainted with the defendant, qualified as overwhelming evidence of guilt
• noting that “it is unnecessary and undesirable for [a habeas court] to consider the attorney performance facet of the analysis” when “an ineffectiveness claim may be disposed of on the basis of a lack of prejudice”
• ineffective assistance claims do not prejudice defendants where \overwhelming evidence\ of defendant's guilt is presented at trial
• “[O]nce a court is satisfied that a habeas petitioner will be unable to mount a victorious challenge under either of the two prongs of the Strickland test, it is unnecessary and undesirable for that court to consider the attorney performance facet of the analysis.”

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