1st Circuit Hears Habeas Case Alleging Counsel’s Failure to Raise a Zoloft Defense
On Thursday, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in Shuman v. Spencer, a habeas corpus case in which a man convicted of double homicide is seeking a new trial, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The appellant, Robert Shuman, claims his trial lawyer failed to raise the defense that he killed two business associates because his ingestion of Zoloft caused a drug-induced state of agitation called akathisia.
