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Fifth Circuit· 10/27/1999

Moore v. Johnson

Citations

  • 194 F.3d 586
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 28107
  • 1999 WL 976550

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  • holding that counsel’s failure to investigate by interviewing witnesses disclosed to counsel by the state and counsel’s failure to proceed reasonably in light of that evidence once disclosed prejudiced the defendant
  • “Strickland does not require deference to those decisions of counsel that, viewed in light of the facts known at the time of the purported decision, do not serve any conceivable strategic purpose.”

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Judges: Demoss, Garza, Smith

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