Warren Lee Harris v. Marvin Reed

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• concluding that trial counsel was deficient for failing to offer a strategic reason for not calling potentially exculpatory witnesses
• concluding that trial counsel was deficient for failing to offer a strategic reason for not calling potentially exculpatory witnesses
• holding that counsel’s failure to produce witnesses referred to in opening statement was prejudicial
• holding counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he did not present witness testimony promised to the jury during opening and did not consult with defendant about the decision
• explaining that counsel “primed the jury” to hear - 50 - evidence, failed to present it, and “the jury likely concluded that counsel could not live up [to] the claims made in the opening”
• finding clear error where the 52 No. 11-3228 district court “construct[ed] a trial strategy supporting [petitioner’s] counsel’s decision” not to call material witnesses at the petitioner’s trial

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