Edward Lamonte Duncan v. Willis Morton, Administrator Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, John J. Farmer, Jr. Edward L. Duncan

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• holding that the failure to present the sworn statement or testimony of a proposed witness is fatal to an attempt to show Strickland prejudice
• holding that defendant failed to establish Strickland prejudice as a result of counsel’s alleged failure to interview witness because defendant did not provide sworn testimony from the witness
• holding habeas petitioner failed to establish Strickland prejudice when he failed to present any sworn testimony by the witnesses he claimed counsel should have investigated and called at trial
• observing that where “testimony would have been more harmful than helpful to . . . [the] defense, we cannot find [trial counsel’s] failure to call [the witness]” constituted constitutionally deficient performance
• determining that a habeas petitioner failed to establish prejudice as a result of counsel’s alleged failure to interview a witness because petitioner failed to present any sworn testimony by the witness indicating what the witness’s testimony would have been
• showing of prejudice as to failure to investigate requires showing of proposed beneficial testimony which would have resulted from further investigation

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