William Middleton, Cross-Appellant v. Richard L. Dugger, Cross-Appellee

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• performance deficient where “trial counsel conducted almost no background investigation, despite discussions with Middleton concerning the existence of such mitigating evidence” as psychiatric problems, brutal childhood, physical, sexual and drug abuse, and low I.Q.
• deficient performance where counsel learned of mitigating personal history evidence from defendant but failed to investigate
• petitioner suffered from major mental illness and mental and physical abuse as a child
• counsel 's failure to uncover mitigating evidence of mental illness, physical and sexual child abuse, and drug abuse chronicled in psychiatric, family court , youth services, and prison records, fell outside scope of professionally competent assistance

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