Government of the Virgin Islands v. William Weatherwax

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• discussing Government of the Virgin Islands v. Dowling, 814 F.2d 134 (3d Cir. 1987)
• discussing Government of the Virgin Islands v. Dowling, F.2d 134 (3d Cir. 1987)
• applying the Strickland standard by judging “whether counsel’s performance was so deficient that errors made were of a magnitude that the guarantees of the Sixth Amendment were not satisfied and the defendant was deprived of a fair trial”
• district court erred in failing to conduct evidentiary hearing on petitioner’s non- frivolous allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel
• district court erred in failing to conduct evidentiary hearing on petitioner’s non- frivolous allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel
• district court erred in failing to conduct evidentiary hearing on petitioner’s non-frivolous allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel

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