Opinion ID: 1090851
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: failure to secure adequate funds for the investigation.

Text: ¶ 105. Russell argues that his defense counsel should have secured adequate funds to investigate his case. Russell cites the affidavits of defense counsel, which both state: The degree of funding in capital cases in my district was very limited in 1990. Russell then apparently acknowledges that the lack of investigative funds is in large part attributable to the lack of funding in the district at the time. Russell next says that defense counsel spent only approximately twenty hours total on the investigation for both phases of this criminal trial. Russell gives no source for this allegation. Russell next alleges that what investigation defense counsel did was inadequate and incompetently done, but once again this allegation has no source. Absent more detailed evidence as to what was available in the district in question versus what defense counsel actually requested or got in expert funds, we find this issue without merit.