Douglas Ray Stankewitz v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, San Quentin State Prison

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• three post-conviction experts agreed petitioner “is brain-damaged” and one expert concluded he “is borderline retarded” and “suffers from significant brain dysfunction”
• petitioner’s objection to mitigat- ing evidence apparently not “informed and knowing” because counsel did not conduct an adequate investigation
• petitioner entitled to evidentiary hearing upon raising colorable 15 claim of ineffective assistance

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