Raymond G. Morison, Jr. v. the Willingboro Board of Education

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• holding that counsel acted objectively unreasonably when they waited until after the verdict to prepare for the sentencing phase and then conducted inadequate investigation into mitigation evidence
• holding that the petitioner was prejudiced by trial counsel’s failure to present evidence of his low intellectual capacity, particularly because the jury was presented with a report stating that his offense was not the result of “mental retardation”
• finding counsel’s unpreparedness, which prevented the jury from hearing any mitigating evidence, constituted deficient performance
• granting relief where jury did not hear of defendant’s brain damage
• “[D]e-fense counsel should obviously have worked closely with anyone retained as a defense expert to insure that the expert was fully aware of all facts that might be helpful to the defendant.”
• \[D]efense counsel should obviously have worked closely with anyone retained as a defense expert to insure that the expert was fully aware of all facts that might be helpful to the defendant.\

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