Angelone v. Deutscher

How later courts describe this case

• holding that counsel was ineffective where he conducted no investigation into the defendant’s psychiatric history even though health records revealed that the defendant had been born prematurely and had been diagnosed with mental illness
• holding that Nevada's death penalty statutes withstand constitutional scrutiny
• “Counsel made no tactical decision not to investigate [the defendant’s] possible mental impairment. He simply failed to do so.”