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Shaikh v. Johnson
No. 072097Supreme Court of Virginia
072097 Shaikh v. Johnson 09/12/2008 In an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging a denial of the right to effective assistance of counsel in a murder trial, the alleged…
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072097 Shaikh v. Johnson 09/12/2008 In an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging a denia…
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072097 Shaikh v. Johnson 09/12/2008 In an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging a denial of the right to effective assistance of counsel in a murder trial, the alleged failure of petitioner's trial counsel to make a rejected jury instruction part of the appellate record caused defendant no prejudice in the outcome. Additionally, the contention that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to call as a witness a co-defendant who was the immediate perpetrator of the crime for which petitioner was on trial raises a matter of trial strategy which was within the range of reasonable professional assistance to which petitioner was entitled.…
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