State Ex Rel. Busby v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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• holding that counsel was ineffective when he failed to make opening statement, failed to challenge plaintiff's case, and failed to introduce any mitigating evidence
• holding that the “prosecutor’s remarks about the societal costs of a life sentence, misspent tax dollars, future escapes, more killings by defendant, were improper”
• failure to make opening statement important factor in determining whether penalty phase assistance of counsel ineffective
• the court determined that “even the most favorable interpretation of [the defendant’s] psychiatric records would not have shown him insane under Louisiana law.”

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