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Aug 01, 2000

United States Supreme Court Decisions: 1999 — 2000 Term

Williams (Terry) v. Taylor, 98 – 8384. The Court, vot­ing 6 – 3, held that the Virginia Supreme Court applied the wrong test when exam­in­ing a claim that Williams’s lawyer was inef­fec­tive in the sen­tenc­ing phase of his tri­al. The Court also dis­agreed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which had upheld Williams’s death sen­tence. Williams’s lawyer had failed to present evi­dence of child abuse, bor­der­line men­tal retar­da­tion, and poten­tial for reform in his client’s…

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