Opinion ID: 2448475
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Heading: failure to investigate/impeach jerry leyshock

Text: Whitfield claims his counsel was also ineffective in failing to investigate or impeach prosecution witness Officer Jerry Leyshock for his alleged reputation of untruthfulness and for alleged instances of prior misconduct. This claim is baseless regardless of whether these inactions were the result of trial strategy. The two instances where Whitfield alleges that judges complained of Leyshock are unsupported by the evidence. Two other instances where Leyshock was disciplined by the St. Louis City Police Department involve minor incidents that do not speak to his credibility. There is not a reasonable probability that the outcome of the trial would have been different had trial counsel impeached Leyshock with these incidents. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 694, 104 S.Ct. at 2068. This point is denied.