John Whitehead v. Roger D. Cowan, Warden, Menard Correctional Center

How courts have described this case

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• stating that defense counsel is not required to present losing arguments
• rejecting a habeas claim based on the petitioner’s speculation that the jury was prejudiced against him because their identities were published in the local media
• listing the factors which weigh against a finding of a fair trial deprivation, including that the prosecutor’s comments were invited by the defense
• explaining, within the context of appellate argument, that an attorney is not required to raise what she considers to be losing arguments
• finding the state supreme court’s determination that defendant’s claims were waived because they were not raised during trial or post-trial brief constitutes an independent and adequate state grounds for its decision
• hearing is necessary only when defendant presents more than speculation about jury impartiality

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).