Legal Opinion
Nejad v. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 27, 2016No. 15-14856PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
A jury in Fulton County, Georgia, found Ali Nejad guilty of sexually assaulting two women on two separate occasions, for which he was sentenced to a total of thirty-five years in prison by the superior court judge. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he petitioned for federal habeas relief on the ground that his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to inform Nejad that he could testify in his own defense despite counsel’s advice to the contrary. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the state trial court rejected the claim, finding that Nejad could not establish…
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