Charles Earl Brubaker v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, California

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• “appellant’s defense was withheld ... in default of knowledge that reasonable inquiry would have produced, and hence in default of any judgment at all”
• counsel aware of defendant’s history of head injury and extended unconsciousness and of heavy drinking on the night of the homicide
• “Due process does not require ‘errorless counsel, and not counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance.’ ” [Quoting MacKenna v. Ellis, 280 F.2d 592, 599 (5th Cir. 1960

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