Troedel v. Wainwright

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• holding that counsel’s failure to depose the State’s expert, and more important, failure to con- sult with an expert in order to contradict key evidence of the “most crucial aspect of the trial” was deficient
• finding counsel's failure to consult an expert, depose witnesses, and conduct an independent investigation despite the fact that \counsel himself had no special knowledge in the field\ to constitute deficient performance
• prosecutorial remarks simply outlining the sentencing and review procedures in capital cases cannot, even if improper, have affected the guilt or sentencing decision; sentence vacated on other grounds
• prosecutorial remarks simply outlining the sentencing and review procedures in capital cases cannot, even if improper, have affected the guilt or sentencing decision; sentence vacated on other grounds

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