Hom v. Martin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing normal delay factor in drug dealings attributable to “fear of apprehension”
• noting “the well-known tendency of human beings to rationalize their behavior”
• “‘the [mere] tactical possibility of raising a defense’ does not of itself warrant rejection of an otherwise provident plea.”
• mere “tactical possibility of raising a defense does not of itself warrant rejection of an otherwise provident plea”
• “a maladroit comment by counsel cannot create an ‘inconsisten[cy]’ which otherwise is absent from the record.”
• mere possibility of a defense does not render guilty plea improvident

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).