U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Jun. 4, 2013
Divided 9th Circuit affirms death penalty, judge's mental competence
A divided appellate court declined habeas relief to a man who claimed that his lawyer not only failed to properly question his client's sanity at the time of his conviction, but failed to call out the trial court judge as mentally incompete
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A divided appellate court declined habeas relief for a man who claimed that his lawyer not only failed to properly question his client's sanity at the time of his conviction but also to call out the trial court judge as mentally incompetent.
A majority of a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected Ronald Deere's claim that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel because his t...
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