Perry Steven Miller v. Rondle Anderson

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• discussing counsel’s failure to in- vestigate expert testimony regarding pubic hair
• finding deficient performance when counsel 7330 DUNCAN v. ORNOSKI failed to hire an expert to rebut the prosecution’s expert testi- mony about physical evidence linking defendant to the crime scene when the defense theory was that defendant was not at the crime scene
• “[I]n the circumstances (an essen- tial qualification), there was also no excuse for the lawyer’s failure to consult experts on hair, DNA, treadmarks, and footprints.”
• so long as habeas petitioner had non-negligible chance of acquittal but for trial counsel’s ineffectiveness, he was entitled to relief even if likelihood of acquittal was less than 50 percent
• so long as habeas petitioner had non-negligible chance of acquittal but for trial counsel's ineffectiveness, he was entitled to relief even if likelihood of acquittal was less than 50 percent

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