Jackie G. Wilson v. I.C. Haunani Henry, Warden

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there was no ineffective assistance of counsel where counsel relied on jurors’ statements that they would be fair and follow the law without asking about their views on criminal history
• relying on Strickland to state the standard for a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 ineffective assistance of counsel case
• relying on Strickland to state the standard for a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 ineffective assistance of counsel case
• rejecting argument “that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to focus on his client’s criminal history during voir dire to discover potential juror prejudice and determine whether jurors could follow limiting instructions on such a history”
• “[B]ecause the motion [for a new trial] almost certainly would have failed, [the defendant] has not demonstrated that he was prejudiced by counsel’s refusal to make it.”
• no IAC where counsel relied on jurors’ statements that they would be fair and follow the law without asking about their views on criminal history

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