First Iowa State Bank v. Klodt

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “heavyhanded,” “more-evidence-is-better” attempt to portray defendant in positive light can invite strong negative evidence in rebuttal
• holding that the failure to present cumulative mitigation evidence at sentencing did not prejudice the defendant
• concluding that petitioner could not show prejudice since the proposed mitigating evidence would have opened the door to strong aggravating evidence
• holding that the failure to present cumulative mitigation evidence at sentencing did not prejudice the defendant
• recognizing that “heavyhanded,” “more-evidence-is-better” attempt to portray defendant in positive light can invite strong negative evidence in rebuttal
• recognizing that “heavyhanded,” “more-evidence-is-better” attempt to portray defendant in positive light can invite strong negative evidence in rebuttal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).