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Ninth Circuit· 9/8/1995

Clabourne v. Lewis

Citations

  • 64 F.3d 1373
  • 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7114
  • 95 Daily Journal DAR 12163
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 25262
  • 1995 WL 527621

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding trial counsel ineffective for failing to adequately prepare testifying trial expert with recent mental health records which would have changed the defense expert’s diagnosis, as well as state expert’s diagnoses
  • noting that records showing the defendant had an antisocial personality were not helpful
  • explaining that in evaluating Beck claims based on intoxication, the court must “first consider whether Arizona recognizes intoxication as a defense to the premeditation element of first-degree murder”
  • stating that “reasonably competent counsel might have many valid reasons for failing to object”
  • stating that “reasonably competent counsel might have many valid reasons for failing to object”
  • noting that records showing the defendant had an antisocial personality were not helpful

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Judges: Kozinski, Reinhardt, Rymer

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