396 F. Supp. 2d 837 - Mason v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Bradley · United States v. Cronic · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Ake v. Oklahoma
Most-quoted passages
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“the duty to investigate further is triggered only when the information that trial counsel already reviews warrants further investigation. Wiggins, 539 U.S. at 527 , 123 S.Ct. 2527 . Neither defense trial counsel here encountered any information in either their interviews with family members or their review of documents that suggested that the Petitioner’s father was involved with prostitution. Thus, counsel could not have reasonably known about it nor were they constitutionally required to discover its existence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mason v. Mitchell“[c]ounsel cannot be held ineffective for failing to anticipate the Henness decision's firm resolution of this issue.” But as we point out above, Henness repeated DePew's holding using almost identical language, and we disagree that our reading of DePew and Henness punishes Mason's counsel for”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mason v. Mitchell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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