In re: M.G.B., T.J.B.

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• recognizing \a defendant's informed wishes can justify failing to present mitigating evidence\ (emphasis omitted)
• counsel must investigate available records “even where a defendant is ‘actively obstructive’ ”
• “[I]f we make an antecedent determination—relying solely on evidence before the state court—that the state court’s adjudication” violated federal law under AEDPA, then “we . . . may . . . consider evidence that was properly presented for the first time in federal court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).