Legal Opinion

Fairbank v. Ayers

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 15, 2011No. 08-99018PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

The opinion is amended as follows:

1. Page 2473, line 19 to line 23. Replace: Fricke’s testimony was generally favorable to defendant, and any negative inferences were based on a trial strategy of gaining credibility with the jury to argue that Fairbank could be controlled in prison, thereby making a death sentence unnecessary.

With:

Fricke’s testimony was generally favorable to defendant, and any negative inferences were based on a reasonable trial strategy of gaining credibility with the jury to argue that Fairbank could be controlled in prison, thereby making a death sentence unnecessary.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by49 opinions

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  5. Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2012

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