Morales v. Johnson

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• noting that this “no reasonable juror” standard “requires a stronger showing than that required to establish Strickland prejudice”
• finding that two strong eyewitness identifications negated any possibility of Strickland prejudice
• holding state court did not unreasonably apply Strickland in concluding that peti‐ tioner was not prejudiced by counsel’s failure to impeach an eyewitness and call an alibi witness, given two other eyewit‐ ness identifications
• holding state court did not unreasonably apply Strickland in concluding that peti‐ tioner was not prejudiced by counsel’s failure to impeach an eyewitness and call an alibi witness, given two other eyewit‐ ness identifications
• deferring to state-court factual finding in assessing petitioner’s ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim that no state court had adjudicated
• explaining that “convicted felons have diminished credibility.”

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