Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Seif v. Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living

Seif v. Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, 524 U.S. 974 (1998)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1998-08-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • defendant's waiver of right to present mitigating evidence was not knowing waiver to which he could be held in light of counsel's failure to conduct any investigation into mitigating evidence

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C. A. 3d Cir. [Certio-rari granted, ante, p. 915.] Judgment vacated, and case remanded with instructions to dismiss in light of United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).