Court Opinion

ID: 9480578
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 07:52:01.119405+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:47:46.355416
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COX, Circuit Judge, specially
concurring:
I agree that the district court properly denied petitioner relief as to the guilt/innocence phase of trial for the reasons stated in its order.
The district court granted relief as to the sentencing phase on several grounds. One of the grounds on which petitioner was held entitled to relief was that the admission of Dr. Adam’s testimony at the sentencing phase violated petitioner’s constitutional rights under Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 1866, 68 L.Ed.2d 359 (1981). I agree that relief was properly granted on that ground for reasons stated by the district court in its order, and I find it unnecessary to decide whether the district court was correct in concluding that petitioner was entitled to relief as to the sentencing phase on other grounds.