California Supreme Court
Jul. 13, 2011
Court pushes through death penalty
A defense lawyer's drinking problem and failure to investigate his client's childhood sexual abuse was not enough to convince the state Supreme Court to overturn a death sentence Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Hindered by a drinking problem, a San Francisco defense lawyer failed to investigate his client's background and uncover childhood sexual abuse, a judge found in 2008.
But on Monday, the state Supreme Court unanimously decided that it wouldn't have made a difference in his trial and rejected Mark Christopher Crew's request to have his death sentence overturned due to ineffective assistance ...
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