Third Circuit· 6/22/1989

United States v. Tyrone Anthony Gray

Citations

878 F.2d 702
1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 8892
1989 WL 66568

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concluding that the performance of trial counsel was deficient where \counsel's behavior was not colorably based on tactical considerations but merely upon a lack of diligence\
holding that defendant met prejudice test of Strickland where counsel's failure to investigate meant significant evidence corroborating defendant's theory and casting doubt on government’s theory was never presented at trial
noting that a complete absence of investigation usually amounts to ineffective assistance because a counsel cannot be said to have made an informed, strategic decision not to investigate
noting that a complete absence of investigation usually amounts to ineffective assistance because a counsel cannot be said to have made an informed, strategic decision not to investigate
noting that a complete absence of investigation usually amounts to ineffective assistance because a counsel cannot be said to have made an informed, strategic decision not to investigate
noting that a complete absence of investigation usually amounts to ineffective assistance because a counsel cannot be said to have made an informed, strategic decision not to investigate

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Judges: Sloviter, Becker, Scirica

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