Terrick Alfred Williams v. United States

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• noting the extent of the witness’s personal relationship with the defendant should be considered in evaluating the credibility of the witness
• referring to the Strickland requirements as necessary to prove ineffective assistance of counsel
• finding no prejudice when an alleged alibi witness did not testify and the court could -2- not conclude the missing witness’s testimony would have altered the outcome of the trial
• “The court does not ‘second- guess’ trial strategy or rely on the benefit of hindsight and the attorney’s conduct must fall below an objective standard of reasonableness to be found ineffective.”
• in applying Strickland’s prejudice prong courts “must consider the totality of the evidence” including the proffered testimony and “gauge the likely outcome of a trial based on this total body of evidence”
• review of counsel’s performance is “highly deferential”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).