Brian Keith Lord,petitioner-Appellee v. Tana Wood, Superintendent, Brian Keith Lord v. Tana Wood, Superintendent

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1999-07-14

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KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: In this capital case we consider whether counsel’s failure to call, or personally interview, three witnesses who claim to have seen the victim alive after petitioner is supposed to have killed her, constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, <a href="/opinion/1…

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