Eddie Lee Jefferson v. Ronald Fountain

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• noting that it was a “virtual certainty” that the evidence would have been discovered but applying the reasonable probability standard
• “As the Supreme Court explained in its Fretwell opinion, the critical focus of the Strickland prejudice inquiry is not results per se, but the fairness and reliability of the adversary proceeding in question.”

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