Matheson v. Georgia Department of Transportation

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• applying a findings of fact and conclusions of law standard in concluding that the district court properly denied movant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel
• finding \deliberate decisions based on strategy may not establish ineffective assistance of counsel\
• testimony supporting the scope of counsel's efforts in preparing for trial constituted substantial competent evidence supporting district court's conclusion that counsel's performance was objectively reasonable
• “Contrary to Flynn’S argument, the United States Supreme Court has held that inexperience, in and of itself, does not establish a presumption that a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel.”
• under standard for measuring effective assistance of counsel, strategic choices based on thorough investigation “virtually unchallengeable,” and those based on less than complete investigation reasonable only to extent “reasonable professional judgment” supports limitation on investigation

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