United States Eleventh Circuit

In a capital trial where there was a parallel murder trial for other victims, failure of counsel to independently investigate for mitigating factors does not constitute ineffective assistance where counsel had access to mitigating evidence discovered by counsel in other murder trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/10/2001
• Published 10/10/2001

Judges

• BLACK, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paula Khristian Smith, GA Dept. of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.