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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Kern finds that a habeas court improperly granted relief for ineffective assistance of counsel stemming from a jury conviction of first-degree manslaughter for the death of a sixteen-month-old child. While defense counsel’s opening statement included an "imprecise remark, not attributable to trial strategy," the mistake did not deprive defendant of a fair trial. Reversed.
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