Johnny Edward Sims v. Gary Livesay, Warden

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• holding that counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to conduct an investigation into certain physical evidence that would have undermined the prosecution's theory that the victim was shot at a distance
• holding that counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to conduct an investigation into certain physical evidence that would have undermined the prosecution’s theory that the victim was shot at a distance
• “The court should begin with a strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance”
• “The court should begin with a strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance”
• “The court should begin with a strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance”
• “The court should begin with a strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.” (internal quotations and citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).