· 10/27/1988
Jere Chatom v. J.D. White, Warden
Citations
- 858 F.2d 1479
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 14476
- 1988 WL 104352
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- \Counsel's representation must be shown to fall below an objective standard of reasonableness.\
- in a murder prosecution the most damaging evidence against petitioner at trial consisted of the results of an “atomic absorption test”; trial counsel unreasonably failed to object to the test’s admission despite having a basis for doing so
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Judges: Roney, Johnson, Tidwell
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