Opinion ID: 3172182
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Counsel for the Defendant are required under

Text: the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases to receive specialized training in capital litigation. The appropriate seminars and programs are located throughout the United States, the first of which, “Capital Case Defense Seminar,” is scheduled for February 17-20 in Monterey, California. Another crucial seminar, the NACDL “Capital Voir Dire 2 The State separately listed the aggravating circumstances for the murders of Corey Walker and Megan McIntosh. This list was the one provided for the murder of Ms. McIntosh. The aggravating circumstances identified for the murder of Mr. Walker were identical to factors one through three on the list for Ms. McIntosh. 3 At this point, the public defenders assigned to represent Mr. Castellanos were Robert Rose, III, and Mitch Guthrie. By the time Mr. Castellanos was tried, he had three separate teams of public defenders. For clarity, we shall refer to this first team of attorneys as Defense Team One. 5 Training Seminar,” is slated for May 17-19 in Boulder, Colorado. A third is the “Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College” at Santa Clara University School of Law, July 21-26. Undersigned counsel are required as a part of their employment, in capital litigation, to attend these seminars.