Tunstall v. Hopkins

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HA-BEAS CORPUS

BENNETT, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.1051

II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1052

A. Standard Of Review.1052

B. The Requirements of § 2254(d)(1).1052

C. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims.1053

1. Counsel’s failure to request voir dire of the jury panel .1055

2. Counsel’s failure to introduce Dennis Jackson’s deposition.1057

3. Counsel’s failure to move for a mistrial.1064

D. Assertions of Trial Court Error.1065

1. Allowance of hearsay testimony.1065

2. Other…