Fredrick A. Laux v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Did the Indiana Court of Appeals, the United States Southern District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unreasonably apply, or reach a decision contrary to Strickland-v-Washington
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Did the Indiana Court of Appeals, the United States Southern District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unreasonably apply, or reach a decision contrary to Strickland v. . Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) and its progeny, when it rejected Fred's claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel where (a) Fred's counsel failed to reasonably investigate and present readily available mitigating evidence about Fred's highly dysfunctional childhood and (b) that evidence was Fred's only meaningful chance for a different sentence? ii .