A defendant whose attorney failed to promptly object to his appearance before a jury pool in a prison jumpsuit undermined his own ineffective assistance claim by repeatedly referring to his criminal record on the stand, a federal judge has held in a habeas corpus case.
Eastern District Judge William Kuntz II declined to follow a precedent from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in deciding that Roger Jefferson was not denied effective legal assistance.
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