Robert Karl Hicks v. Frederick J. Head, Warden, Gerogia Diagnostic and Classification Prison

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• weighing the mitigation evidence presented during trial and habeas proceedings in considering whether an Ake error had a substantial and injurious effect
• relying on the evidence presented at the state habeas proceeding to find the Ake error harmless
• “[I]f the defendant had counsel and was tried by an impartial adjudicator, there is a strong presumption that any other [non-structural] errors that may have occurred are subject to harmless-error analysis.” (quoting Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 579 (1986))

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