United States Sixth Circuit

Even if trial counsel were professionally deficient under the Sixth Amendment for failing to present mitigating testimony in the form of character witnesses, petitioner has not shown that, but for counsel's errors, the result would have been different under Strickland.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2003
• Published 09/10/2003

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, NORRIS, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• C. Mark Pickrell (argued and briefed), Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alice B. Lustre (argued and briefed), Paul G. Summers, Michael E. Moore (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.