Porter and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Capital Sentencing Hearings
Published for NC Criminal Law on December 03, 2009.
The United States Supreme Court recently decided Porter v. McCollum, a capital case in which the defendant claimed that his lawyer performed ineffectively at the penalty phase of his trial. It’s interesting for a couple of reasons, including the strong language it contains about the mitigating value of a defendant’s military service. George Porter shot ... Read more
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