Donald G. Griffin v. Warden, Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center Attorney General of the State of Maryland

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• concluding that even though trial counsel was transferred to the case five months prior to trial, his failure to investigate five potential alibi witnesses constituted a deficiency
• commenting that the state court incorrectly posited that the alibi evidence \did not affirmatively demonstrate that [Griffin] was at home when the crime was committed[ ]\
• commenting that the state court incorrectly posited that the 5 alibi evidence “did not affirmatively demonstrate that [Griffin] was at home when the crime was committed[]”
• citing, among other cases, Lawrence , 900 F.2d at 130 , and Grooms , 923 F.2d at 90
• citing, among other cases, Lawrence, 900 F.2d at 130, and Grooms, 923 F.2d at 90
• ‘‘courts should not conjure up tactical decisions an attorney could have made, but plainly did not’’

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