444 F. Supp. 1049 - Springer v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 4246 · 18 U.S.C. § 5010 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on McMann v. Richardson · Pate v. Robinson · Joseph Skilken & Co. v. City of Toledo · Rodriquez v. United States · Johnson v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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““While 20-20 hindsight is always better than foresight and there can be no certainty that one or more psychiatrists would' have testified at Springer’s trial in accord with the opinion of [the psychiatrist at the post-conviction hearing] expressed in this case, and of course no certainty that an insanity defense would have been successfully asserted at trial, Springer’s trial counsel’s failure to discuss same with his client and to explore the possibility of advancing an insanity defense was outside the range of competence expected of him as a defense attorney in a criminal case involving a very serious charge.” 444 F.Supp. at 1065 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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