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WOOTEN v. NORRIS

No. 06-4068.

578 F.3d 767 (2009)

Jimmy Don WOOTEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Nolas, AFPD, argued, Michael Wiseman, AFPD, Rebecca Blaskey, AFPD, on the brief, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant.

Pamela Rumpz, AAG, argued, Joseph V. Svoboda, AAG, and Kelly K. Hill, Sr., AAG, Little Rock, AR, on the brief, for appellee.

Before RILEY, BRIGHT, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Arkansas death-row inmate Jimmy Don Wooten appeals the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas relief. The district court and our court granted certificates of appealability regarding two ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Wooten alleges that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective during the guilt phase of his bifurcated trial for failing to argue that mental-health...

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