Rompilla v. Beard, No. 04-5462 (U.S. Supreme Court) (545 U.S. 374; 125 S.Ct. 2456) (June 20, 2005) (Justice Souter)

Loaded on June 1, 2005 published in Punch and Jurists June 06, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Capital Cases.

Here the Court held, by a 5-to-4 vote, that even when a capital defendant himself has suggested that no mitigating evidence is available, his lawyer is bound to make reasonable efforts to obtain material he knows the prosecutor will rely on.

In 1988, a Pennsylvania state jury convicted Ronald Rompilla ...

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