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Wiggins Vs. Smith

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 26, 2003

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  1. Lockyer Vs. Andrade US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 2003
  2. Burger Vs. Kemp US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1987
  3. Lockett Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1978
  4. Penry Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1989
  5. Teague Vs. Lane US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1989
  6. U.S. 510 (2003) October Term, 2002 Syllabus Wiggins V. Smith
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  7. the correct governing legal principle but unreasonably applies it to the facts of a petitioner's case. Williams v. Taylor
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  8. must show that counsel's performance was deficient, and that the deficiency prejudiced the defense. Strickland v. Washington
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  9. evidence against the totality of the mitigating evidence adduced both at trial and in the habeas proceedings. Williams v. Taylor
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  10. He 513 thus has the kind of troubled history relevant to assessing a defendant's moral culpability. Penry v. Lynaugh
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  11. discovered 77-year-old Florence Lacs drowned in the bathtub of her ransacked apartment in Woodlawn, Maryland. Wiggins v. State
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  12. jury returned with a sentence of death. Id., at 409-410. A divided Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed. Wiggins v. State
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  13. that appellant was not directly responsible for the murder. Wiggins v. State
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  14. Wiggins v. Corcoran
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  15. F. Supp. 2d 538, 557 (2001) (citing Williams v. Taylor
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  16. holding that counsel had made a reasonable strategic decision to focus on petitioner's direct responsibility. Wiggins v. Corcoran
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  17. of petitioner's case. Williams v. Taylor
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  18. see also Bell v. Cone
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  19. U. S. 63 , 76 (2003) (citing Williams v. Taylor
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  20. See Williams v. Taylor
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  21. at 409. We established the legal principles that govern claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in Strickland v. Washington
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  22. Id., at 690-691. Our opinion in Williams v. Taylor
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  23. s decision not to introduce mitigating evidence of Wiggins' background was itself reasonable. Ibid. Cf. Williams v. Taylor
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  24. Wiggins v. State
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  25. Williams v. Taylor
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  26. approach the Maryland Court of Appeals concluded counsel sought to avoid. Wig gins v. State
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  27. upon obtaining the PSI and the DSS records actually demonstrated reasonable professional judgment. Wiggins v. State
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  28. that this investigation was sufficient in scope to satisfy Strickland's reasonableness requirement. See Wiggins v. State
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  29. See post, at 540, 545 (quoting Wiggins v. State
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  30. the court assumed that counsel 531 learned of such incidents from the social services records. Wiggins v. State
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  31. thus has the kind of troubled history we have declared relevant to assessing a defendant's moral culpability. Penry v. Lynaugh
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  32. see also Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  33. history contained little of the double edge we have found to justify limited investigations in other cases. Cf. Burger v. Kemp
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  34. to the dissent's assertion, it appears that Selvog's report may have been admissible under Maryland law. In Whittlesey v. State
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  35. Ibid. See also Ball v. State
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  36. scale, there is a reasonable probability that at least one juror would have struck a different balance. Cf. Borchardt v. State
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  37. Moreover, in contrast to the petitioner in Williams v. Taylor
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  38. Lindh v. Mur
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  39. detailed or graphic a history as was prepared by Mr. Selvog, but that is not a Constitutional deficiency. See Gilliam v. State
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  40. with respect to ineffectiveness claims, the Court relies upon a case-Williams v. Taylor
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  41. That left us free to provide habeas reliefand since the State had not raised a Teague defense, see Teague v. Lane
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  42. for Criminal Justice 4-4.1, commentary, p. 4-55 (2d ed. 1980)). Insofar as this Court's cases were concerned, Burger v. Kemp
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  43. e)(1)'s presumption of correctness in deciding the merits of the habeas question. See Miller-El v. Cockrell
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  44. to be admissible, see Whittlesey v. State
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  45. ante, at 536-relying for that contention upon Whittlesey v. State
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  46. regarding alleged sexual abuse, except for statements provided by the victim to a treating physician. See Bohnert v. State
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  47. Syllabus Wiggins V. Smith
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  48. Strickland v. Washington
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  49. Woodlawn, Maryland. Wiggins v. State
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  50. Ibid. Cf. Williams v. Taylor
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