Second Circuit· 12/9/2011

Bennett v. United States

Citations

663 F.3d 71
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 24384
2011 WL 6117240

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explaining that ineffective assistance of counsel claims under Strickland “must be rejected if the defendant fails to meet either the performance prong or the prejudice prong”
in analogous 28 U.S.C. § 2255 context, “{i]ssues involving credibility are normally considered factual matters” and “credibility determinations” are due “special deference” because of “the superiority of the trial judge’s position” to make them
in analogous context of 28 U.S.C. § 2255, “[i]ssues involving credibility are normally considered factual matters” and “credibility determinations” are due “special deference” because of “the superiority of the trial judge’s position” to make them

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Judges: Kearse, Sack, Katzmann

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