Abdiraham Haji-Hassan v. Maine
HabeasCorpus
Whether the state postconviction court misapplied Strickland-v-Washington
No question identified. : ‘ QUESTION #1: Whether the state postconviction court misapplied Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), by applying its “strong presumption of reasonable professional assistance” to a watered" down version of petitioner’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim when the actual claim would , arguably rebut the presumption. . 2 QUESTION #2: ; Whether in denying petitioner’s claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when he . was told by his lawyers that he stood a fair chance of success at trial, which caused him to | decline an offer to plead down to manslaughter, the court misapplied Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. : 156 (2012), by not factoring into its assessment of the reasonableness of the advice that counsel had given up on the most compelling part of their alternative suspect case. ( | 3