United States Tenth Circuit

In death penalty case, defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to present evidence on effect of steroid use on defendant, even though court precluded evidence for "Steroid Rage Syndrome."

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2002
• Published 01/04/2002

Judges

• BRISCOE, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Fred L. Staggs, Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William L. Humes, Assistant Attorney General;  W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with him on the brief, Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.