Head v. Carr’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 29 state decisions

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1. “[n]ot at all what I wanted on behalf of Mr. Carr.” Id. at 338. 11 . Georgia Carr, Carr’s mother, -provided -Martin with an affidavit detailing Carr’s childhood, including an episode in which Carr saved his dad from choking. She also provided signed testimonials from 21 character witnesses on Carr's behalf. 12 . Scott Hubbard stated that, although he had been in a relationship with Burgeson for about five years, it was a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carr v. Schofield

2. “The appropriate test for whether [Parrott’s] counsel was deficient is whether some reasonable lawyer at the trial could have acted, in the circumstances, as defense counsel acted .... We understand that post-conviction counsel will almost always be able to identify some potential mitigating evidence not presented . . . and that this alone does not render trial counsel’s performance deficient. 29”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 330 Ga. App. 801 - Parrott v. the State