FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.
In this action, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner Gilbert Rivera ("Rivera") challenges his 1974 murder conviction. Rivera bases his challenge upon his trial counsel's failure to investigate a potential insanity defense and present this defense at trial and the subsequent sentencing hearing. On May 25, 1984, this Court held an evidentiary...
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