Fourth Circuit· 4/29/1998

Truesdale v. Moore

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142 F.3d 749
1998 WL 205914

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holding that counsel was not ineffective for failing to present evidence of defendant’s organic brain disorder as part of a strategic decision not to present mitigating evidence that would fail to portray the defendant as a normal individual capable of rehabilitation
\[T]he Circuit Executive may seek an explanation of the reasons why the court has not complied with the time limitations.\ (emphasis added)
counsel 12 exercised reasonable strategic judgment by “steer[ing] away from” evidence of organic 13 brain dysfunction, “calculating that it would not help portray [Petitioner] as normal and 14 capable of rehabilitation”
“It is certainly reasonable for counsel not to raise unmeritorious claims”.

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Judges: Wilkinson, Williams, Michael

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