Antonio Devoe Jones v. Alabama

Was Petitioner deprived of his constitutional right to effective counsel after his defense lawyers misunderstood controlling Alabama law and mistakenly relied on a legally invalid defense to the death penalty, even though a valid defense was available and not asserted?

Was Petitioner deprived of his constitutional right to effective counsel when his attorneys failed to conduct more than a cursory mitigation investigation, failed to present volumes of readily available evidence as to Petitioner’s deplorable life history, and failed to prepare mitigation witnesses, resulting in extremely prejudicial and erroneous testimony being elicited against the accused while substantial mitigation evidence was not presented?