United States Eleventh Circuit

Defense counsels' failure to investigate, obtain, or present any evidence of mitigating circumstances to the sentencing jury constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, thereby entitling defendant to habeas corpus relief and a jury trial for the purpose of sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2002
• Published 09/16/2002

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maurice R. Mitts (Court-Appointed), Frey, Petrakis, Deeb & Blum, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George Martin, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.