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JENNINGS v. STEPHENS

No. 13-7211.

135 S.Ct. 793 (2015)

Robert Mitchell JENNINGS, Petitioner v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph L. Schaffer, Jr. , Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Andrew S. Oldham , Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Jeffrey T. Green , Erika L. Maley , Paul J. Sampson , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Randolph L. Schaffer, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Greg Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Daniel T. Hodge , First Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Andrew S. Oldham , Deputy Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Arthur C. D'Andrea , Alex Potapov , Assistant Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Petitioner Robert Mitchell Jennings was sentenced to death for capital murder. He applied for federal habeas corpus relief on three theories of ineffective assistance of counsel, prevailing on two. The State appealed, and Jennings defended his writ on all three theories. We consider whether Jennings...

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