Hurley E. Underwood v. Richard Clark and Attorney General of the State of Indiana

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• holding that a counsel’s admission of guilt during closing arguments was reasonable as a tactical decision to gain favor with the jury
• holding that a concession of guilt on a relatively minor charge that reasonably is calculated to gain acquittal of a more serious charge is a tactical decision that does not require consultation
• holding that a lawyer who \conceded before the jury his client's guilt of criminal confinement with a deadly weapon ... did not plead [his client] guilty; he merely acknowledged the weight of the evidence\
• stating that a conclusory assertion by a defendant that he was denied the right to testify was insufficient to require a hearing
• stating that a conclusory assertion by a defendant that he was denied the right to testify was is insufficient to require a hearing
• holding that a lawyer made a reasonable tactical decision when he acknowledged in closing that \the weight of the evidence\ was against his client on one charge, in order to contrast it with a lack of evidence against his client on a separate charge

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