United States Sixth Circuit

In a conviction for aggravated murder and sentence of death, petition for habeas corpus is granted where: 1) by failing to interview defendant's mother, defendant's attorneys failed to uncover two critical categories of information that established "a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different."; and 2) the failure to uncover those pieces of evidence, established prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/10/2008
• Published 10/10/2008

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• United States Sixth Circuit

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