Gaines v. Thieret

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PLUNKETT, District Judge.

Dickey Gaines, a/k/a Dickie Gaines (“Petitioner”), is currently incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center under a sentence of death. He brought this habeas corpus action pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to redress what he claims are errors of constitutional magnitude at his trial and sentencing hearing. Petitioner raises some twenty-two alleged violations of his constitutional rights. 1 For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that Petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel at his sentencing hearing, and that his sixth…