LAW 4051 Chapter 9: State v Stone
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Facts: the jury convicted stone of murder, first-degree burglary, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. I didn"t want to be perceived by the jury as as jumping up and objecting to everything like i was trying to hide something. I considered objecting to a lot of this, but i did not feel that the objection would be sustained. Therefore, the decision not to object does not meet an objective standard of reasonableness, and stone has satisfied the first prong of strickland. His lawyers failed to place that issue before us. We find this failure does not meet an objective standard of reasonableness, and stone has satisfied the first prong of the strickland test. Thus, we find stone did not satisfy the second prong of strickland. We find trial and appellate counsel"s performance was reasonable in almost every respect.
