In re Gulbrandson

1. Whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Gulbrandson, 184 Ariz. 46, 906 P.2d 579 (1995), and the subsequent state court decisions denying Petitioner relief, violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because the sentencing court failed to consider and give effect to all relevant mitigating evidence, including evidence of Petitioner’s mental illness and brain damage? 2. Whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Gulbrandson, 184 Ariz. 46, 906 P.2d 579 (1995), and the subsequent state court decisions denying Petitioner relief, violate the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because Petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel at the sentencing phase of his capital trial? 3. Whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Gulbrandson, 184 Ariz. 46, 906 P.2d 579 (1995), and the subsequent state court decisions denying Petitioner relief, violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because the sentencing court applied a “nexus” requirement to Petitioner’s mitigating evidence?