Opinion ID: 687621
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Heading: Trial strategy

Text: 48 Green also asserts that had he known of Howard's misidentification, he would have been more effective in arguing the identity question. He claims he would have called an expert to testify regarding problems with racial identification and sought corroborating witnesses to testify that King and Green look alike. Green also maintains that he would have been able to show photographs to witnesses during the case highlighting the similarities between Tracy Scott King and Ronald Earl Green. 49 We conclude that knowledge of Howard's misidentification would not have changed Green's strategy. The misidentification would certainly have supported Green's theory, but it would not have changed it. Thus, whether an expert would be called by Green was not affected by the new information. Also, the decision whether to try to get corroborating witness testimony for Green's contention that he and Tracy Scott King look alike was not upset. Similarly, the use of photographs to show the resemblance between the two men could not have been a newly discovered idea, given the strategy already in place. Finally, a model cross-examination of Howard would not have made a difference because the jury heard all of the problems associated with Howard's testimony. Thus, the jury was able to judge her credibility. In sum, there is no reasonable probability that the result would have been different. Our confidence in the outcome of the trial is not undermined to any extent. See Bagley, supra. 50