United States Ninth Circuit

In death penalty case, failure to associate co-counsel and retain expert witnesses to present mitigating factors during penalty phase constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/19/2001
• Decided 11/07/2001
• Published 11/07/2001

Judges

• RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and O'SCANNLAIN, RYMER, KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, SILVERMAN, GRABER, GOULD, BERZON, TALLMAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael M. Crain,Klein & Crain, Santa Monica, California, and Michael T. Shannon, Pasadena, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Garrett Beaumont, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the respondent-appellee.