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· 11/28/1916

Simpson v. Yocum

Citations

  • 172 Ky. 449
  • 189 S.W. 439
  • 1916 Ky. LEXIS 221

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  • holding that petitioner suffered no prejudice under the second prong of Strickland as a result of trial counsel's failure to preserve a meritless issue because the state court's outcome would not have been different

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