Ohio places the burden of proof and persuasion in a self defense case on the person asserting self defense. A person's state of mind is relevant in a self defense case. A life long history of developmental delay issues, very low I Q scores and Social Security disability records are relevant to the state of mind issue.
I. Is counsel ineffective under the Six th and F ourteenth Amendments of the federal Constitution when no investig ation is conducted pre-trial concerning the client's developmental delay issues, very low I Q scores and history of Social Security benefits and post conviction investig ation reveals such relevant information as to the client's state of mind in a self defense case?
II. Is counsel ineffective under the Six th and F ourteenth Amendments of the federal Constitution when one counsel does not know what the averag e IQ score is and lead counsel testifies it is between 70-80 and counsel does not consult a mental health ex pert when the affirmative defense of self defense is presented and the client testifies with a recent I Q score in the low 50' s?
Is counsel ineffective under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when no investigation is conducted pre-trial concerning the client's developmental-delay-issues, very-low-IQ-scores, and history-of-Social-Security-benefits, and post-conviction investigation reveals such relevant information as to the client's state-of-mind in a self-defense case?