Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Love v. United States

Love v. United States, 503 U.S. 973 (1992)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1992-04-06
Topic
general

holding that counsel’s decision not to pursue additional psychological testing was within reasonable professional judgment, after initial tests revealed no mitigating psychiatric conditions | concluding that questions regarding expert's conclusions are for jury | Court has not extended Ake but test is whether defendant was denied basic tools of defense | consolidation of charges not the subject of assignment of error not considered in passion and prejudice review | “We have previously recognized that the Virginia Supreme Court has thus provided a constitutionally limited construction of its vileness aggravating factor” | defendant found to have murdered victim to avoid arrest for rape | defendant found to have murdered victim to avoid arrest for rape | defendant sodomized child victim and used stun gun on victim's penis | defendant sodomized child victim and used stun gun on victim's penis | Ake not extended, defendant did not show need for expert

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C. A. 7th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied.