· 7/3/2017
Joseph T. Martin v. State
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- holding in context of claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to investigate, allegations are too speculative to warrant relief if petitioner fails to allege what exculpatory evidence that investigation would have procured and how it would have affected outcome of case
- in postconviction motion, allegation that defense counsel was ineffective in failing to procure witnesses favorable to defendant was properly dismissed without evidentiary hearing where motion did not specifically identify witnesses or nature of their testimony
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