United States Tenth Circuit

Petitioner's claim that her trial counsel's performance was unreasonably deficient for failing to present expert testimony on battered woman syndrome (BWS) is remanded to give petitioner an opportunity to produce a qualified BWS expert for a prejudice finding.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/11/2003
• Published 08/11/2003

Judges

• PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, BALDOCK and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew Austin Pring (and Timothy M. Hurley, with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Brockman, (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma and William R. Holmes, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief), Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondents-Appellees.