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· 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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