· 3/17/2008
Yarbrough v. Johnson
Citations
- 520 F.3d 329
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 5645
- 2008 WL 697710
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- noting that the standards of adequate performance concerning the retention of experts necessarily depend on the level of funding available
- observing that petitioner must overcome the presumption that counsel’s decision to focus on advancing arguments counsel deemed more | persuasive might be sound trial strategy
- highlighting importance of avoiding “the distorting effects of hindsight” (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 689)
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Judges: Niemeyer, Traxler, Hamilton
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