Elliott v. WARDEN OF SUSSEX I STATE PRISON

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• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective under Strickland for failing to object to argument that constituted a fair comment based on the evidence, including the testimony of the some of the victim’s family
• finding claims to be procedurally defaulted because the issues “could have been raised at trial and on direct appeal and, thus, are not cognizable in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus”
• both the \performance\ and \prejudice\ prongs of Strickland were in issue and the petitioner contended that counsel's errors were prejudicial at trial as well as on appeal
• a prosecutor’s argument was proper where based upon the evidence

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