Fairbank v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The opinion is amended as follows:
1. Page 2473, line 19 to line 23. Replace: Fricke’s testimony was generally favorable to defendant, and any negative inferences were based on a trial strategy of gaining credibility with the jury to argue that Fairbank could be controlled in prison, thereby making a death sentence unnecessary.
With:
Fricke’s testimony was generally favorable to defendant, and any negative inferences were based on a reasonable trial strategy of gaining credibility with the jury to argue that Fairbank could be controlled in prison, thereby making a death sentence unnecessary.
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