Dwight W. Tolliver v. The United States of America

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• holding defense attorneys' apparent unawareness of the potential invalidation of defendant's prior convictions by a Supreme Court decision, even after defendant informed counsel of the decision, to constitute ineffective assistance
• holding defense attorneys' apparent unawareness of the potential invalidation of defendant's prior convictions by a Supreme Court decision, even after defendant informed counsel of the decision, to constitute ineffec- tive assistance
• finding ineffective assistance where the client raised the exact legal issue that made his prior conviction defective and counsel did not investigate and gave legally incorrect advice

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