Vonaire T. Washington v. Judy Smith, Warden, Oshkosh Correctional Institution

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• concluding that counsel's failure to contact or produce possible alibi witnesses at trial was constitutionally deficient performance and prejudicial
• holding that defense counsel rendered constitutionally deficient performance by failing to attempt to contact alibi witnesses who were not identified until immediately before trial
• holding that counsel’s failure to attempt to ascertain what exculpatory evidence witnesses might have was a flagrant example of ineffective assistance
• holding that defense counsel rendered constitutionally deficient performance by failing to attempt to contact alibi witnesses who were not identified until immediately before trial
• noting that the credibility of the defense’s sole witness “was impaired because of his prior convictions”
• noting that failure to call witnesses mentioned at jury voir dire created “a negative inference against [the defendant] based on their absence.”

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