WHETHER TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE DURING VOIR DIRE IN A CHILD MOLESTATION CASE TO EXPLORE AND INVESTIGATE WHETHER JURORS HAD BEEN CRIME VICTIMS (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS) DENIED PETITIONER EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING JURY SELECTION WHERE TRIAL COUNSEL NEITHER INQUIRED NOR FOLLOWED UP UPON INFORMATION LEARNED DURING VOIR DIRE.

Whether trial counsel's failure during voir dire in a child molestation case to explore and investigate whether jurors had been crime victims (directly or indirectly through family and close friends) denied petitioner effective assistance of counsel during jury selection where trial counsel neither inquired nor followed up upon information learned during voir dire