Does counsel need to interview all of the witnesses in order to determine the reasonableness of counsel's conduct?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Hayat, No. 2:05-cr-0240 GEB DB (E.D. Cal. 2019):
the reasonableness of counsel's conduct); Williams v. Armontrout, 912 F.2d 924, 933 (8th Cir. 1990) (where defendant gave his attorney "five possible alibis" and then settled on one, attorney not unreasonable in failing to interview the witnesses to confirm the other possible alibis).
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