Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty: Evidence of Defendant’s Bipolar Disorder at Issue
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 14, Number 02, July/August 2012 , pp.28-28(1)
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Abstract:
The Supreme Court majority concludes that an expanded record in psychiatric evidence should not have been created by the district court and counsel’s original decision to call only the mother was a tactical decision that does not qualify as ineffective assistance of counsel.Keywords: Cullen v. Pinholster , 131 S.Ct. 1388
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1: Executive Editor.