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CARO v. WOODFORD

No. 00-99013.

280 F.3d 1247 (2002)

Fernando Eros CARO, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dane R. Gillette, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellant.

Lynne S. Coffin, State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellee.

Before: PREGERSON, FERGUSON, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge.

A little explanation can go a long way. In this case, it might have made the difference between life and death. But, because trial counsel for Fernando Eros Caro failed to investigate and present evidence of the impact that exposure to neurotoxicants and child abuse had on his brain, the penalty phase jury was deprived of this critical explanation in determining Caro's culpability for his crime....

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