Opinion ID: 2454387
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Preparation

Text: Storey argues that trial counsel inadequately prepared for guilt phase. Storey first attacks the decision not to call Kimberly Henry, a store clerk who sold beer to someoneshe could not remember whom, and could not identify Frey or Storeyat 11:17 p.m. on the night of the murder. The receipt for that sale was linked to Frey's apartment, and Storey contends Henry would have helped the guilt-phase defense that someone else killed Frey. Plainly, Henry's inability to remember who purchased the beer renders her testimony irrelevant, and preempts any prejudice. Storey also contends that trial counsel should have tested the two pubic hairs found on Frey because testing might have shown they belonged to someone other than Storey. In fact, the trial testimony shows that two hairs are insufficient for conclusive determinations, and thus the evidence would not have changed the result.