Sistrunk v. Vaughn

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• holding that defense counsel’s failure to predict the Supreme Court’s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, 471 U.S. 1052 (1985) did not constitute ineffective assistance
• holding that defense counsel’s failure to predict the Supreme Court’s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, 471 U.S. 1052 (1985) did not constitute ineffective assistance
• holding that defense counsel’s failure to predict the Supreme Court's decision in Batson v. Kentucky, 471 U.S. 1052 (1985) did not constitute ineffective assistance
• holding that appellate counsel does not have a duty to raise every possible claim
• holding that appellate counsel does not have a duty to raise every possible claim
• noting that, “in making litigation decisions, there is no general duty on the part of defense counsel to anticipate changes in the law”

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