Opinion in Wood v. Allen Released Today

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court affirmed the Eleventh Circuit's denial of habeas relief to petitioner Holly Wood on his claim that his lawyer (who had been admitted to the bar less than six months) should have investigated and presented mitigation evidence of his mental deficiencies during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial.  The opinion is here.  Justice Sotomayor wrote for the majority, and Justice Stevens authored a dissenting opinion in which Justice Kennedy joined.