Ineffective assistance of counsel ruling [US SC]

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Ineffective assistance of counsel ruling [US SC]

January 20, 2010 01:38:00 pm

Wood v. Allen, US Supreme Court, January 20, 2010 [ruling that failure to present defendant's impaired mental functioning did not constitute ineffective counsel, finding that the lower court had correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on ineffective assistance of counsel.

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