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Eleventh Circuit· 8/16/2001

Fugate v. Head

Citations

  • 261 F.3d 1206
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 18505
  • 2001 WL 930557

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that “there is no absolute duty to investigate particular facts or a certain line of defense”
  • recognizing that “there is no absolute duty to investigate particular facts or a certain line of defense”
  • recognizing that “there is no absolute duty to investigate particular facts or a certain line of defense”
  • determining that petitioner had not shown prejudice from his attorney’s failure to impeach the testimony of the sole eyewitness to the murder with his prior inconsistent statement to police
  • determining that petitioner had not shown prejudice from his attorney’s failure to impeach the testimony of the sole eyewitness to the murder with his prior inconsistent statement to police
  • finding that the presumption that “counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance ... is even stronger when the reviewing court is examining the performance of an experienced trial counsel”

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Judges: Birch, Hull, Marcus

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34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Fugate v. Head

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