Stanley Williams v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin

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• holding that “conclusory allegations by counsel that are unsworn and unsupported by any proof or offer of proof’ do not permit a finding of actual prejudice.
• holding that \conclusory allegations by counsel that are unsworn and unsupported by any proof or offer of proof\ do not permit a finding of actual prejudice.
• concluding that district court lacked jurisdiction 4 over petitioner’s Rule 60(b) motion filed subsequent to notice of appeal
• concluding that the petitioner lacked standing to complain about alleged infringement upon a prosecution witness’s constitutional rights
• holding that counsel reasonably could have determined that “a defense of diminished mental capacity was not feasible” in part because “[t]he facts of the crimes reflected deliberate and methodical action”
• holding that counsel who investigated family and life history, drug use, and mental state of defendant, “interviewed a number of witnesses suggested by [the defendant],” obtained various records, and compiled a client history conducted an adequate investigation

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