he was being loaded onto a vehicle to transport him from Wilder
to Alabama after his stay at Wilder was terminated, an employee of Wilder threatened him. The
Petitioner stated that when he told his attorney this information, his attorney “said that it was
irrelevant because it happened after the incident” and chose not to present the evidence to the jury.
The Petitioner also reported that one of the officers who transported him to Alabama was willing to
testify about the threat, but his attorney did not call the officer as a witness.

         The Petitioner also complained that his attorney failed to present as evidence at trial his
extensive mental health history. He testified that he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder
as a child and reportedthat he had been prescribed medication for the disorder. He also testified that
he had been diagnosed as severely depressed and had taken medication for his depression. The
Petitioner stated that he had been hospitalized approximately five or six times times for these and
other disorders. He recalled that his shortest hospitalization lasted six months and that his longest
hospitalization lasted two and a half years. The Petitioner testified that he had been a patient at Saint
Joseph Hospital, Western Mental Health Institute, Charter Lakeside Hospital, Shelby Training
Center, and Memphis Mental Health Institute. The Petitioner stated that he had attempted suicide
several times and had once tried to set his room on fire at one institution. In addition, the Petitioner


              