Pace v. McNeil

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• holding that failure to investigate client's substance abuse problems not deficient in part because evidence indicated client was not on drugs at the time of the murder
• holding that counsel’s failure to introduce evidence of petitioner’s crack addiction in the months leading up to the murder did not constitute ineffective assistance
• holding that counsel’s failure to introduce evidence of petitioner’s crack addiction in the months leading up to the murder did not constitute ineffective assistance
• observing that “evidence of a defendant’s [substance] addiction is often ‘a two-edged sword’: while providing a mitigating factor, such details may alienate the jury and offer little reason to lessen the sentence”
• observing that “evidence of a defendant’s [substance] addiction is often ‘a two-edged sword’: while providing a mitigating factor, such details may alienate the jury and offer little reason to lessen the sentence”
• observing that “evidence of a defendant’s [substance] addiction is often ‘a two-edged sword’: while providing a mitigating factor, such details may alienate the jury and offer little reason to lessen the sentence”

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