Garrett Ige was not provided ineffective counsel despite his claims that his attorney failed to investigate his brother’s confession to the murder charges he was convicted of in 1996, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Dec. 8.
The unpublished ruling said that his attorney did in fact investigate Kenden Ige’s confession, but that Kenden had motive to lie to save Garrett from prison, and that Kenden’s confession conflicted with impartial eyewitness testimony that Kenden was not present at the scene of the crime at all.
The attorney told Garrett that “he would not seek admission of the confession because it would not seem credible because (Garrett) and Kenden were siblings,” according
