Legal Opinion
Jack Foster Outten, Jr. v. Rick Kearney, Warden, Sussex Correctional Institute Attorney General of the State of Delaware, Jack F. Outten, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 28, 2006No. 04-9003PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge:
Jack Foster Outten, Jr., was convicted by a Delaware jury of, inter alia, first-degree murder and sentenced to death. His direct appeals and ■ post-conviction claims in state court were unsuccessful. Outten then filed in federal court a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which the United States District Court for the District of Delaware denied. We conclude that trial counsel’s failure to conduct a reasonable investigation of Out-ten’s background in anticipation of his capital sentencing violated his Sixth Amendment right to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by37 opinions
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