Humphrey v. Morrow

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• explaining that this Court adopts the habeas court’s factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous but applies the facts to the law de novo in determining whether trial counsel performed deficiently and whether any deficiency was prejudicial
• in determining prejudice from trial counsel's deficient performance in failing to present certain evidence, we must assess \how a jury might have reacted to the additional evidence\
• an expert witness may rely on the statements of others in forming his or her expert opinion
• an expert witness may rely on the statements of others in forming his or her expert opinion
• “Georgia's death penalty laws . . . provide for an automatic sentence less than death if the jury is unable to reach a unanimous sentencing verdict . . . .”
• in determining prejudice from trial counsel’s deficient performance in failing to present certain evidence, we must assess “how a jury might have reacted to the additional evidence”

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