In this case, the Supreme Court held that a defense attorney's failure to present any mitigating evidence or to make a closing statement at the defendant's capital sentencing hearing did not amount to ineffective assistance

A) Bell v. Cone
B) Rompella v. Beard
C) Cuyler v. Sullivan
D) Powell v. Alabama


A

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