State v. Lukasik

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• holding that if trial counsel is dead, insane, or unavailable, allegations of ineffectiveness must be corroborated, and the defendant cannot rebut the presumption of effectiveness with his own testimony
• providing an exception from the general rule when trial counsel is unavailable due to “death, insanity or unavailability for other reasons”

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