United States v. Kreutzer

I agree with the majority that appellant’s trial defense counsel were ineffective in their representation of appellant at the sentencing stage of appellant’s court-martial. I concur with their conclusion that there exists a “reasonable probability” that appellant’s sentence would have been different but for counsels’ deficient performance. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).1

*802I must disagree, however, with the majority’s conclusion that the military judge erred by denying the defense request for a mitigation specialist. In my opinion, the defense…