Charles L. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Does the failure of trial counsel to request a limiting instruction related to unindicted collateral acts evidence constitute ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), when the collateral acts evidence satisfies the elements of a lesser-included offense which the jury is instructed to consider?
QUESTION PRESENTED Does the failure of trial counsel to request a limiting instruction related to unindicted collateral acts evidence constitute ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), when the collateral acts evidence satisfies the elements of a lesser-included offense which the jury is instructed to consider? ii