Legal Opinion
Burger v. Kemp
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 21, 1987No. 86-5375PublishedCited by 1,516 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
A jury in the Superior Court of Wayne County, Georgia, found petitioner Christopher Burger guilty of murder and sentenced him to death on January 25, 1978.- In this habeas corpus proceeding, he contends that he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel because his lawyer labored under a conflict of interest and failed to make an adequate investigation of the possibly mitigating cir*778cumstances of his offense. After a full evidentiary hearing, the District Court rejected the claim. We are persuaded, as was the Court of Appeals, that the judgment of the District…
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