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Kindler v. Horn,

No. 03-9010 (3rd Cir., September 3, 2008):  1. Habeas Corpus; Capital Habeas Cases; 2. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel:   Capital habeas winner on a claim based on Mills v. Maryland (the jury instructions and verdict form created a reasonable likelihood that the jury believed it could only consider mitigating circumstances that jurors unanimously agreed upon).  The panel also found reversible error in trial counsel's failure to investigate and present mitigation evidence.
 
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