United States Eleventh Circuit

In a capital habeas matter, the grant of Petitioner's habeas petition is reversed, where defense counsel did not perform ineffectively by limiting the scope of their investigation into potentially mitigating mental health evidence, because counsel's interview with a psychologist suggested that further tests on Petitioner would be unhelpful to the defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2009
• Published 06/12/2009

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, CARNES and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan V. Boleyn, Atlanta, GA, for Hall., John R. Martin (Court-Appointed), Martin Brothers, P.C., Jeffrey Lyn Ertel, Suzanne Kay Hashimi, Fed. Public Defenders, Fed. Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Jefferson.