Legal Opinion
Wilburn A. Henderson v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1991No. 90-1550PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
The State of Arkansas appeals the district court’s 1 order granting a writ of habe-as corpus. The petitioner, Wilburn Henderson, challenges his conviction for capital murder on the grounds that his trial counsel was ineffective in both the guilt and penalty phases of his trial. The court found that trial counsel failed to investigate and develop evidence implicating other suspects in the murder. This evidence, available to counsel at the time of trial, creates significant doubt about Henderson’s guilt. The court also found that trial counsel failed to present mitigating…
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