United States Supreme Court
WIGGINS v. SMITH, 02-311
An objective review of the performance by a criminal defendant's counsel in a capital case shows that the client's Sixth Amendment rights were violated by counsel's failure to conduct a reasonable investigation of the defendant's social history and mitigating factors.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/26/2003
- Published 06/26/2003
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- United States Supreme Court