Richman v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding counsel was ineffective for failing to request a mental evaluation because the defendant told his counsel he was hearing voices, having nightmares, and had attempted suicide in the past
• discussing whether defense counsel was deficient for failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence at sentencing of defendant’s mental condition
• requiring evidence [showing that the] court would have ordered different sentence to show deficient performance prejudiced defendant
• discussing whether defense counsel was deficient for failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence at sentencing of defendant’s mental condition
• noting trial counsel’s duty to investigate and that such investigation will be assessed based upon reasonableness given the circumstances of the case
• requiring evidence that the district court would have ordered a different sentence to show counsel’s deficient performance prejudiced a defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).