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: Capital Defense Weekly

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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

From this week’s email edition: In this double edition several favorable dispositions are noted. In perhaps the “most run of the mill” type of claims covered here, failure of counsel to adequately investigate, prepare and present mitigation evidence, grants of relief are noted in Jesse Bond v. Beard (Third Circuit) and Reginald Jells v. Mitchell (Sixth Circuit). Likewise, in a twist on this theme, the Missouri Supreme Court in Michael Taylor v. State holds defense counsel were ineffective in failing to present certain mitigating evidence in the penalty phase and that the prosecution failed to obey rules and a court order requiring it to provide impeaching information to the defense. In a closely related area, failure to adequately investigate mental health issues and competency, the Ninth Circuit in Jasper N...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).