Larry Gene Hull v. Robert M. Freeman Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General

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• recognizing that nunc pro tunc petitions are allowed only when there has been “ ‘fraud or its equivalent or a breakdown in the court’s operation.’ ”
• stating that counsel has independent professional responsibility to \put government to its proofs\ at competency hearing when there is a serious doubt as to defendant's competence
• the “doctrine of procedural default in effect makes compliance with all relevant state-law procedural rules a precondition to federal habeas relief.”
• when confronted with two recent psychiatric evaluations finding that his client was incompetent, counsel was not entitled to rely upon his own untrained observations to justify his failure to put the government to its proof at a competency hearing
• trial counsel asserted defendant was competent after two doctors declared the defendant incompetent
• trial counsel asserted defendant was competent after two doctors declared the defendant incompetent

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