· 6/4/1867
McElrouge v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 1 Ky. Op. 445
- 1867 Ky. LEXIS 279
How courts have described this case
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- declining to continue trial to hire new private investigator after first investigator could not testify, concluding that decision not to use an investigator was strategic and non-prejudicial
- such “strategic decision[s], whether wise in retrospect or not, [are] among those professional judgment calls that are ‘unchallengeable’ under Strickland’
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Judges: Peters
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