Larry Eugene Evans v. Samuel Lewis Lloyd Bramlett

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• holding that the failure to investigate the possibility 25 of mental impairment cannot be construed as a trial tactic where relevant available documents are 26 not even reviewed by counsel
• holding that a jury instruction did not 27 create a mandatory presumption where it told the jury it “may” infer intent from 1 the defendant’s voluntary commission of an act, without mandating the 2 inference
• explaining that evaluation of witness' general credibility enjoys less protection than right to develop witness' bias
• holding counsel was ineffective when his failure to investigate resulted in total absence of evidence on critical aspect of the case
• noting that in Arizona, once an aggravating circumstance like a prior aggravated felony was found, death was inevitable without mitigating evidence, and thus holding that the failure to pursue psychiatric evidence constituted prejudicially deficient performance
• noting that in Arizona, once an aggravating circumstance like a prior aggravated felony was found, death was inevitable without mitigating evidence, and thus holding that the failure to pursue psychiatric evidence constituted prejudicially deficient performance

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