Claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Failure to Raise Competence-to-Stand-Trial, Insanity, and Diminished Capacity Defenses

摘要

In Robidoux v. O ` Brien , 643 F.3d 334 (1st Cir. 2011), the court denied habeas corpus relief to inmate Jacques Robidoux, who was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. On appeal, Mr. Robidoux claimed ineffective assistance of counsel, arguing that his defense counsel should have raised