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· 6/18/1979

Applicability of the Antideficiency Act to the Peace Corps

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  • lack of affidavit from plea counsel did not create inference that defendant's affidavit averring that counsel did not warn him of immigration consequences must be credited
  • judge may infer that absence of affidavit from prior counsel \makes the statements in the defendant's affidavit less likely to be true\
  • remand where judge assumed defendant's affidavit must be credited in absence of plea counsel's affidavit
  • motion judge allowed to \infer that the absence of an affidavit from prior counsel makes the statements in the defendant's affidavit less likely to be true\
  • judge may, in exercise of her discretion, consider fact that there is no affidavit from prior counsel on motion for new trial alleging ineffective assistance claim
  • motion judge has authority to credit or discredit even uncontradicted assertions in defendant's affidavit

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