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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Schuman finds the lower court properly dismissed the inmate's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on ineffective assistance claims related to plea negotiations. His testimony that he would have accepted a plea deal in his murder case with better advice from his attorney was belied by the record, which showed on cross-examination he vehemently denied committing the crimes at least six times and vowed he would not "admit to something that he did not do." Affirmed.
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