LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In 1994, Missouri inmate Jerry Dean King was convicted of first-degree assault and armed criminal action and received two consecutive life sentences for shooting his brother Dennis. King now appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The issue is whether his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance in failing to investigate and present evidence of King's diminished mental capacity...
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