Warren Wesley Summerlin v. Dora B. Schriro, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2005-10-17

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THOMAS, Circuit Judge: In this appeal we consider whether petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his capital murder trial. We conclude that he did and reverse the judgment of the district court denying a writ of habeas corpus. I Extraordinary plot lines rarely end; they frequently reappear in sequels. Thus, this case returns to us from the Supreme…

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