Legal Opinion
Stokley v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 26, 2011No. 09-99004PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
Richard Dale Stokley was sentenced to death for the murder of two thirteen-year-old girls. Stokley challenges that sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that he should receive an evidentiary hearing to develop the claim that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance at sentencing by failing adequately to investigate and present evidence that Stokley suffered from organic brain damage at the time of the murders. Although trial counsel’s actions may seem imperfect in hindsight, counsel undertook an extensive investigation into Stokley’s mental health,…
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