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· 4/18/1990

Alvin Scott Loyd v. Larry Smith, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Citations

  • 899 F.2d 1416
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 5924
  • 1990 WL 44056

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  • holding that counsel was ineffective for failing to retain psy- chiatric expert when \the record [was] replete with indications that a further investigation of [petitioner's] mental state should have been undertaken\

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Judges: Politz, Johnson, Higginbotham

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