Dewey (Shelli) v. Foster

facts de novo. Lader v. Warden, 121 Nev. 682, 686,

120 P.3d 1164, 1166

(2005). First, appellant argues that her trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and present testimony from a linguist who had reviewed her statement to police. Appellant argues that her statements where she appeared to admit guilt were actually questions or hypotheticals made in response to the police's inquiries. An expert in linguistics testified at the evidentiary hearing that appellant's intonation rose at the end of her statements, indicating a question and not a factual statement. For example,…