Head v. Ferrell

How courts have described this case

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• holding that appellate counsel do not perform deficiently by failing to argue a meritless claim
• holding on habeas corpus that “[c]laims regarding sentencing phase jury charges in a death penalty case are never barred by procedural default”
• “[m]itigating evidence is anything that might persuade a jury to impose a sentence less than death”
• mitigating evidence consists of “anything,” including “residual doubt,” that might persuade a jury to impose a sentence less than death
• finding no error in state habeas court’s consideration of mental retardation claim under miscarriage of justice exception to procedural default under Turpin
• finding no error in state habeas court’s consideration of mental retardation claim under miscarriage of justice exception to procedural default under Turpin

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).