Howerton v. Danenberg

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

In 1988, the State sought the death penalty against appellant Robert Danenberg based on charges of malice murder and aggravated assault arising out of the fatal shooting of Deborah Lamb. Danenberg pled guilty to the crimes in 1989 in exchange for a life sentence and a term of years. He subsequently sought habeas relief, which was denied. On its first appearance in this Court, we issued an order granting Danenberg’s application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal and remanding the case for consideration of counsel’s performance with regard to psychiatric…