Ferguson Ex Rel. Ferguson v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections

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• noting that Strickland asks if a different result is “reasonably probable,” not if it is “possible” (emphases omitted)
• noting that Strickland asks if a different result is “reasonably 31 Case: 16-17478 Date Filed: 09/16/2020 Page: 32 of 43 probable,” not if it is “possible” (emphases omitted)
• stating that a state court’s rejection of a petitioner’s federal constitutional claim on state procedural grounds precludes federal review if the state procedural ruling rests on an “independent and adequate” state law ground
• stating that to show a violation of , a petitioner “must establish that (1) the prosecutor knowingly used perjured testimony or failed to correct what he subsequently learned was false testimony; and (2
• “Florida law requires a defendant to make a ‘contemporaneous, specific objection . . . at the time of the alleged error’ to preserve an issue for appellate review.”
• “Florida law requires a defendant to make a ‘contemporaneous, specific objection . . . at the time of the alleged error’ to preserve an issue for appellate review.”

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