· 11/25/1957
Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. v. United States
Citations
- 355 U.S. 881
- 78 S. Ct. 148
- 2 L. Ed. 2d 112
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 139
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- noting defense attor- neys have no general Sixth Amendment duty “to explore their clients’ mental capacity in every case”
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