Edward L. Wing v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction

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• stating that the burden is on the petitioner to show that counsel’s performance was objectively unreasonable, and that a petitioner’s speculation regarding how the uncalled witnesses would have testified is insufficient to meet the burden of proof
• first citing Strickland, 466 U.S. at 691; and then citing Laws v. Armontrout, 863 F.2d 1377, 1387 (8th Cir. 1988) (en banc)
• counsel not ineffective for failing to interview witnesses when he knew substance of their testimony

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