Skinner v. Quarterman

How courts have described this case

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• holding no prejudice exists where unoffered evidence was merely cumulative of evidence already adduced
• “[A]ny ineffective assistance claim must falter where the evidence to be discovered is so similar and cumulative that failure to find and present it would not prejudice the result.”
• counsel was not ineffective for failing to secure DNA test where additional DNA test might undercut a primary defense argument and potentially incriminate the defendant
• “[A]ny ineffective assistance claim must falter where the evidence to be discovered is so similar and cumulative that failure to find and present it would not prejudice the result.”
• “[A]ny ineffective assistance claim must falter where the evidence to be discovered is so similar and cumulative that failure to find and present it would not prejudice the result.”
• “[A]ny ineffective assistance claim must falter where the evidence to be discovered is so similar and cumulative that failure to find and present it would not prejudice the result.”

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