Whether counsel was ineffective due to defense strategy

QUESTION PRESENTED I. WHETHER COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE COUNSEL'S DEFENSE STRATEGY WAS TO HAVE CHANDLER WEAR PRISON ATTIRE IN ORDER TO GARNER THE JURY'S SYMPATHY? II. WHETHER PREJUDICE SHOULD BE PRESUMED UNDER THE SYMPATHY DEFENSE FOR COUNSEL WAS NOT GOING TO SUBJECT THE PROSECUTION CASE TO A MEANINGFUL ADVERSARIAL TESTING? III. WHETHER AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WAS WARRANTED IN LIGHT OF COUNSEL'S DEFENSE STRATEGY OF SYMPATHY? ii PARTIES OF THE PROCEEDING : ; Petitioner, Zachary Chandler, was the Defendant in the : District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the Appellant before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The United States of America, was the Plaintiff in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the Appellee before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. . iii . INDEX OF APPENDIES >