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Wiggins Vs. Smith
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- Jun 26, 2003
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U.S. 510 (2003) October Term, 2002 Syllabus Wiggins V. SmithSearch
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the correct governing legal principle but unreasonably applies it to the facts of a petitioner's case. Williams v. TaylorSearch
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must show that counsel's performance was deficient, and that the deficiency prejudiced the defense. Strickland v. WashingtonSearch
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evidence against the totality of the mitigating evidence adduced both at trial and in the habeas proceedings. Williams v. TaylorSearch
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He 513 thus has the kind of troubled history relevant to assessing a defendant's moral culpability. Penry v. LynaughSearch
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discovered 77-year-old Florence Lacs drowned in the bathtub of her ransacked apartment in Woodlawn, Maryland. Wiggins v. StateSearch
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jury returned with a sentence of death. Id., at 409-410. A divided Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed. Wiggins v. StateSearch
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that appellant was not directly responsible for the murder. Wiggins v. StateSearch
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Wiggins v. CorcoranSearch
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F. Supp. 2d 538, 557 (2001) (citing Williams v. TaylorSearch
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holding that counsel had made a reasonable strategic decision to focus on petitioner's direct responsibility. Wiggins v. CorcoranSearch
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of petitioner's case. Williams v. TaylorSearch
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see also Bell v. ConeSearch
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U. S. 63 , 76 (2003) (citing Williams v. TaylorSearch
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See Williams v. TaylorSearch
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at 409. We established the legal principles that govern claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in Strickland v. WashingtonSearch
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Id., at 690-691. Our opinion in Williams v. TaylorSearch
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s decision not to introduce mitigating evidence of Wiggins' background was itself reasonable. Ibid. Cf. Williams v. TaylorSearch
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Wiggins v. StateSearch
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Williams v. TaylorSearch
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approach the Maryland Court of Appeals concluded counsel sought to avoid. Wig gins v. StateSearch
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upon obtaining the PSI and the DSS records actually demonstrated reasonable professional judgment. Wiggins v. StateSearch
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that this investigation was sufficient in scope to satisfy Strickland's reasonableness requirement. See Wiggins v. StateSearch
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See post, at 540, 545 (quoting Wiggins v. StateSearch
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the court assumed that counsel 531 learned of such incidents from the social services records. Wiggins v. StateSearch
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thus has the kind of troubled history we have declared relevant to assessing a defendant's moral culpability. Penry v. LynaughSearch
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see also Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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history contained little of the double edge we have found to justify limited investigations in other cases. Cf. Burger v. KempSearch
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to the dissent's assertion, it appears that Selvog's report may have been admissible under Maryland law. In Whittlesey v. StateSearch
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Ibid. See also Ball v. StateSearch
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scale, there is a reasonable probability that at least one juror would have struck a different balance. Cf. Borchardt v. StateSearch
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Moreover, in contrast to the petitioner in Williams v. TaylorSearch
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Lindh v. MurSearch
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detailed or graphic a history as was prepared by Mr. Selvog, but that is not a Constitutional deficiency. See Gilliam v. StateSearch
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with respect to ineffectiveness claims, the Court relies upon a case-Williams v. TaylorSearch
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That left us free to provide habeas reliefand since the State had not raised a Teague defense, see Teague v. LaneSearch
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for Criminal Justice 4-4.1, commentary, p. 4-55 (2d ed. 1980)). Insofar as this Court's cases were concerned, Burger v. KempSearch
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e)(1)'s presumption of correctness in deciding the merits of the habeas question. See Miller-El v. CockrellSearch
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to be admissible, see Whittlesey v. StateSearch
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ante, at 536-relying for that contention upon Whittlesey v. StateSearch
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regarding alleged sexual abuse, except for statements provided by the victim to a treating physician. See Bohnert v. StateSearch
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Syllabus Wiggins V. SmithSearch
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Strickland v. WashingtonSearch
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Woodlawn, Maryland. Wiggins v. StateSearch
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Ibid. Cf. Williams v. TaylorSearch
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