Death Sentence and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Two Supreme Court Justices Dissent
Author: Staff Editors.
Source: Volume 18, Number 05, January/February 2017 , pp.69-69(1)
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Abstract:
Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg dissented from the denial of review in a case where the defendant claimed that his court-appointed counsel provided ineffective assistance at the capital sentencing phase of his trial. This article explores the possibility of mitigating circumstances in the sentencing of a defendant with suspected brain damage that was not introduced during the trial.Keywords: Elmore v. Holbrook , 137 S.Ct. 3; In re Elmore , 162 Wash.2d 236, 244, 172 P.3d 335, 340
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