head-injuries

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-6125 Francis G. Hernandez v. Ronald Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied IFP appellate-review child-abuse criminal-procedure diminished-capacity habeas-corpus head-injuries ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness ninth-circuit prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Counsel admitted that he did not know that his chosen defense, diminished capacity, could be based upon mental illness. As a result, counsel never …