Criminal – Habeas Corpus – Ineffective Assistance

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 16, 2009

Although defendant contends his lawyer provided constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to argue a lesser-included offense, the Hanover County Circuit Court “finds it difficult to believe that a trial strategy that urges any finding of guilt is objectively more reasonable than a strategy that urges acquittal.” The court has no difficulty retaining its presumption ...

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