Opinion ID: 1476684
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Heading: Call's feelings towards Harris

Text: We first dispense with PCR counsels' suggestion that Call's personal feelings about Harris interfered with his ability to fulfill his investigative duties. Despite PCR counsels' assertion that Call didn't trust Mr. Harris [from] the day [he] met him, and that Call described Harris as anti-social to the nth degree, we find this argument meritless. The reasonableness of counsel's assistance does not depend on his personal feelings about defendant. See Strickland, supra, 466 U.S. at 688-89, 104 S.Ct. at 2064-65, 80 L.Ed. 2d at 693-94. (reviewing court must evaluate the conduct  of counsel, in light of an objective standard of reasonableness) (emphasis added). Our attention is, and must be, fixed on evaluating counsels in respect of their performance, strategy, and investigation. The objective standard in Strickland guides our analysis.