Legal Opinion
Van Hook v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2009No. 03-4207PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
At the request of the majority of the en banc court and in order to avoid the need for an en banc rehearing, the original panel amends its opinion of August 4, 2008, by deleting its discussion of counsel’s failure to seek an independent mental health expert and the failure of counsel to object to the Presentence Report. Therefore, the sole basis for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus is counsel’s failure to investigate mitigating factors.
This is an appeal in an Ohio death penalty case by the prisoner, Van Hook, seeking habeas corpus relief under 28…
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