The Court further held that the decision of counsel in defending a client facing the death penalty must be based either on a thorough investigation of all possible mitigating factors or on professional judgment providing sound reasons for limiting the investigation.
The decision of counsel in defending a client must be based either on a thorough investigation of all possible mitigating factors or on professional judgment. This was what the Court held. This client is facing the death penalty. The decision of counsel in defending a client was providing sound reasons for. This was what the Court held. This client was facing the death penalty. The decision of counsel in defending a client was limiting the investigation. This was what the Court held. This client was facing the death penalty.