John E. Winfield v. Don Roper, Superintendent

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• explaining that the rule presuming prejudice has not been extended beyond cases in which an attorney has represented more than one defendant
• “[F]ailure to present cumulative testimony is not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, federal law . . .”
• “The procedural rule relied upon by the state court must be firmly established, regularly followed and readily ascertainable when it was applied.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “Issues of credibility are left to the discretion of the state courts.”
• “Issues of credibility are left to the discretion of the state courts.”
• “Counsel is not required to shop for experts who will testify in a particular way, and . . . counsel’s decision not to investigate the issue further was reasonable given the two concurring opinions of different [experts].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).