Legal Opinion
McCarty v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 4, 2004No. 49A04-0306-PC-296PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAY, Judge.
Kevin McCarty entered a plea of guilty to two counts of child molestation as Class A felonies. 1 He sought post-conviction re-Hef and his petition was denied. McCarty raises a single issue on appeal, which we restate as whether MeCarty was denied effective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed at sentencing to offer evidence of McCarty's mental impairment and other potential mitigating cireum-stances. We reverse. 2
FACTS
McCarty was charged with four counts of child molesting, two as Class A felonies and two as Class C felonies. Counsel was appointed to represent…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- California v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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- Fugate v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by18 opinions
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