Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Tyson v. McKellar
481 U.S. 1061
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-05-18
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- trial counsel's failure to present mitigating evidence of mental impairment did not render assistance ineffective where the failure was not based on error or incompetence but, rather, on considered conclusion that the evidence was insubstantial
- Objection voiced to Miss.Code, Sec. 99-19-57
Citator
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- Cited by
- 12 opinions
479 U. S. 1037. ■ Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing denied.