Fred Russell v. Jim Jones

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• after repeated conversations with defendant and his family, counsel had no reason to suspect any further defenses existed and was not ineffective
• statement admissible despite defendant's contention that he only waived his rights and confessed because police told him \he 'had to'\
• counsel not ineffective where defendant provided “only vague, largely unhelpful testimony”

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