Supreme Court· 2/24/2014

Hinton v. Alabama

Citations

134 S. Ct. 1081
188 L. Ed. 2d 1
2014 U.S. LEXIS 1012
82 U.S.L.W. 4091
571 U.S. 263
24 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 541
2014 WL 684015

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holding that counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing apparently to understand relevant law relating to expert testimony at trial
holding that “counsel has a duty to make reasonable investigations or to make a reasonable decision that makes particular investigations unnecessary”
holding that the selection of an expert witness is the paradigmatic example of the type of strategic choice that, when made after a thorough investigation of the law and facts, is virtually unchallengeable
holding that \the unreasonable failure to understand the resources that state law made available to [defense counsel]-that caused counsel to employ an expert that he himself deemed inadequate\-was an \inexcusable mistake of law\
explaining that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel means “that defendants are entitled to be represented by an attorney who meets at least a minimal standard of competence”
explaining that “choices made after less than complete investigation are reasonable precisely to the extent that reasonable professional judg- ments support the limitations on investigation”

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