Karis v. Calderon’s Empirical Analysis

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41 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions

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1. “a substantial mitigating case may be impossible to construct without a life-history investigation”). See also Strickland, 466 U.S. at 689-90 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 (citing Goodpaster, 58 N.Y.U. L.Rev. at 299); People v. Deere, 41 Cal.3d 353, 364-65 , 222 Cal.Rptr. 13 , 710 P.2d 925 (1985) (relying on Goodpaster, 58 N.Y.U. L.Rev. at 317-18, for the proposition that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 725 F. Supp. 2d 925 - Lang v. Cullen

2. “Because we affirm the district court's decision to grant Karis' petition for ineffective assistance of counsel in the penalty phase, we do not reach Karis' claim with regard to the prosecutor's having mentioned Steuben's testimony during the penalty phase.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pirtle v. Morgan

3. “a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A `reasonable probability' is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Woodford