Whether trial counsel's near total reliance on the defendant's characterization of proposed defense witnesses' testimony, and the failure to conduct meaningful, independent investigations of those witnesses, is Constitutionally ineffective

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The questions presented are: Whether trial counsel’s near total reliance on the defendant’s characterization of proposed defense witnesses’ testimony, and the failure to conduct meaningful, independent investigations of those witnesses, is Constitutionally ineffective. Whether trial counsel’s failure to call known, available witnesses, other than the defendant herself, whose testimony would have directly rebutted the prosecution’s evidence against the defendant, is Constitutionally ineffective. i