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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Pearce finds that the appeals court properly concluded that trial counsel did not err in deciding not to seek a directed verdict in an aggravated arson case. Counsel did not have controlling precedent to assure he would succeed with an argument that the structure defendant burned was not an habitable structure. And counsel's decision to cross-examine a state witness instead of objecting to improper testimony was reasonable. Affirmed.
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