context: We first reject any suggestion that trial counsel's failure to produce evidence to which counsel alludes in an opening statement constitutes, in and of itself, ineffective assistance of counsel in all cases.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: not ineffective to fail to present promised evidence if decision motivated by tactical considerations
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Turner v. Williams, 35 F.3d 872 (4th Cir.), cert, denied, 514 U.S. 1017 (1994) (not ineffective to fail to present promised evidence if decision motivated by tactical considerations), overruled on other grounds, by O’Dell v. Netherland, 95 F.3d 1214 (4th Cir. 1996), aff’d, 521 U.S. 151 (1997).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 406 Mass. 123, 127
citation_b.parenthetical: defense counsel's "failure to call a ballistics expert, as promised, was clearly a decision forced upon him by events over which he had no control," and thus not per se ineffective assistance
citation_b.sentence: See also Commonwealth v. Nardone, 406 Mass. 123, 127 (1989) (defense counsel’s “failure to call a ballistics expert, as promised, was clearly a decision forced upon him by events over which he had no control,” and thus not per se ineffective assistance).