Trial Strategy and the Presentation of Mental Health, Sexual Abuse, and Intoxication Evidence in a Death Penalty Case

摘要

George Herbert Wharton, who had been sentenced to death for first-degree murder in California, appealed the federal district court`s denial of habeas relief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Wharton v. Chappell , 765 F.3d 953 (9th Cir. 2014), several questions were