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S.D.Ill.: Strategy under Strickland for defense to admit SW affidavit into evidence

It was not unreasonable strategy for the defense to admit at trial the affidavit for his search warrant to challenge the quality of the investigation that the search produced nothing and the informant wasn’t reliable. He was acquitted of one … Continue reading

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