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favorable cases from this next edition

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

From this week?s edition: Maurice Mason v. Mitchell, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 20840 (6th Cir. 10/3/2008) “Mason?s counsel failed to investigate Mason?s background and essentially conducted no interviews of any of Mason?s family members prior to settling upon a plan for the sentencing phase that was limited to appeals for mercy and claims of residual doubt. We hold that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to interview Mason?s family members and investigate the obvious red flags contained in state records suggesting that Mason?s childhood was pervaded by violence and exposure to drugs in the home from an early age.” Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 06-52, re: Cheryl Aleman, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1645 (FL 9/29/20008) “Recommendation for a public reprimand is approved for a judge who imposed unreasonable requirements on defense attorneys who moved for her disqualification in a capital murder case, and subsequently threated the attorneys with contempt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on October 05, 2008 (boomark / email).