In Re Larry D. Ford v. the State of Texas

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• holding that the appropriate vehicle for claims alleging that defense counsel violated a defendant’s right to testify is a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
• holding that, where petitioner’s friends and family allegedly would testify in support of his claims, his failure to include their affidavits tends to indicate lack of diligence, absent an impediment to presenting them
• concluding trial counsel wasn't separate when the record was \strongly suggestive\ of the fact that \appellate counsel had a policy of not claiming ineffective assistance by public defenders at trial\
• concluding counsel wasn't separate based \[o]n the record before\ the court
• noting the question of diligence is a question to be determined by the federal district court
• finding no deficient performance in defense counsel’s failure to object when there was “no meritorious state-law objection available” to counsel

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