Buck v. Davis

DUANE EDWARD BUCK, PETITIONER v. LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Supreme Court of the United States, Roberts, Feb. 22, 2017,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Deficient and prejudicial where Defense presented an “expert” at sentencing who testified that the defendant was more likely to be violent because he was black.

(Dissent- Thomas and Alito- COA should not have been granted; also, Strickland prejudice was not shown)
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