Supreme Court· 11/30/2009

Porter v. McCollum

Citations

558 U.S. 30
130 S. Ct. 447
175 L. Ed. 2d 398
2009 U.S. LEXIS 8377
22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 9

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holding that counsel was deficient for failing to obtain any school, medical, or military records, to interview any family members, or otherwise to investigate the defendant’s mental health and background
concluding that counsel’s performance was constitutionally deficient where counsel “did not even take the first step of interviewing witnesses or requesting records”
concluding that counsel’s performance was constitutionally deficient where counsel “did not even take the first step of interviewing witnesses or requesting records”
holding that counsel performed deficiently because he “ignored pertinent avenues for investigation of which he should have been aware”
holding that state court unreasonably applied clearly established law because in its analysis the court “either did not consider or unreasonably discounted the mitigation evidence adduced in the postconviction hearing”
holding that counsel was ineffective for failing to uncover and present any evidence of petitioner’s mental health or mental impairment, his family background, or his military service

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Judges: Per Curiam

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