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Type
Concurrence in part
Author
Adalberto Jose Jordan
Filed
June 20, 2019
Case
Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Case status
Decided

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JORDAN, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: I concur in the majority opinion with one exception, and that exception is Mr. Whatley's ineffective assistance of counsel claim related to shackling. On that claim, I respectfully dissent. At the sentencing phase of his capital trial, Mr. Whatley was called by his counsel to testify. He stood up from the defense…

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