James M. Ferguson v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.
Whether the defendant received effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to request a preliminary hearing, which would have exposed the victim's lack of stab wounds and undermined the prosecution's case
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