Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Celebrezze
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appellate review of sentencing
Related Laws
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Outcome
Appellate court affirmed trial court's sentencing, finding appellant failed to demonstrate trial counsel was ineffective for not requesting a mental illness mitigation report, as no contemporaneous mental illness evidence was presented in the record.
Excerpt
Ineffective assistance of counsel mental illness failure to request mitigation report sentencing present condition. Appellant failed to show trial counsel was ineffective because there is no evidence in the record of a contemporaneous mental illness that would have factored into the trial court's sentencing determination.
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