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Title: Rompilla V. Beard
Author : Supreme Court of the United States
Release Date : January 20, 2005
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 82 KB

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This case calls for specific application of the standard of reasonable competence required on the part of defense counsel by the Sixth Amendment. We hold that even when a capital defendant's family members and the defendant himself have suggested that no mitigating evidence is available, his lawyer is bound to make reasonable efforts to obtain and review material that counsel knows the prosecution will probably rely on as evidence of aggravation at the sentencing phase of trial.