"It's Like Déjà Vu All Over Again:"

http://www.floridasupport.us/law/alloveragain.htm

http://www.floridasupport.us/law/SSRN-id1024307.pdf

CORNELL LAW SCHOOL

LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES

"It's Like Déjà Vu All Over Again:" Williams v.

Taylor, Wiggins v. Smith, Rompilla v. Beard and a

(Partial) Return to the Guidelines Approach to the

Effective Assistance of Counsel

John H. Blume and Stacey D. Neumann

Cornell Law School

Myron Taylor Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853-4901

Cornell Law School research paper No. 07-019

This paper can be downloaded without charge from:

The Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection:

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1024307

*John Fogerty (Capital Records 2005)

**Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Director, Cornell Death Penalty Project.

***Staff Attorney, Vermont Public Defender’s office.

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“IT’S LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN:”* WILLIAMS

V. TAYLOR, WIGGINS V. SMITH, ROMPILLA V. BEARD

AND A (PARTIAL) RETURN TO THE GUIDELINES

APPROACH TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF

COUNSEL

JOHN H. BLUME**

STACEY D. NEUMANN***