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982097P.pdf 05/09/2000 Mark E. Graham v. Dave Dormire
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 98-2097
Western District of Missouri
Prisoner case - habeas. Defense counsel's closing remarks
that Graham did not need to testify because the prosecution
had not made a case permitted the state to comment about
Graham's failure to testify; prosecutor's comments were a
fair reference; defense counsel's decision to comment on
failure to testify was a reasonable trial strategy and was
not ineffective assistance.