State v. Allegro

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• holding that “[a] notice of appeal based on a dissent in the Appellate Division preserves for review only those issues on which the dissent was filed, and certification must be sought separately as to all other issues”
• reasoning that the proposed alibi testimony about the defendant’s white truck would have clashed with other defense witness testimony that his truck was blue and thus undermined the defense
• explaining that “[a] notice of appeal based on a dissent in the Appellate Division preserves for review only those issues on which the dissent was filed, and certification must be sought separately as to all other issues” (citation omitted)
• finding no Strickland prejudice in trial counsel's failure to present A-1258-17T4 22 additional witnesses whose testimony \did not directly or tangentially address the States proofs.\
• explaining a defendant does not suffer prejudice under Strickland's second prong by counsel's decision not to introduce evidence harmful to the defense
• observing two elements must coalesce to sustain ineffective assistance of counsel claim

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