Martin v. Barrett

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• affirming the habeas court’s finding that counsel’s failure to investigate the defendant’s mental competence was constitutionally deficient because it was the result of inattention' and not reasoned strategy
• upholding a claim of deficient performance where trial counsel were aware of the defendant’s recent hospitalization and treatment for mental illness but relied 11 only on their own discussions with him to decide that he was in good mental health
• “ ‘Strategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable [.]’ ” (Citation omitted.)
• conviction properly vacated where, despite knowledge of defendant’s history of mental illness, counsel failed altogether to seek expert mental health evaluation or otherwise investigate the issue
• trial counsel who knew of defendant’s recent hospitalization for mental illness was ineffective when he failed to investigate further
• defense counsel’s failure to investigate defendant’s sanity unreasonable where counsel knew of defendant’s recent hospitalization and treatment for mental illness

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