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· 9/20/1991

Hugo Tejada v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Department of Corrections

Citations

  • 941 F.2d 1551
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 22018
  • 1991 WL 169199

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that vague, conclusory, speculative, or unsupported claims cannot support an ineffective assistance of counsel claim
  • holding that “conclusory allegations unsupported by specifics” are insufficient to establish an ineffective-assistance claim
  • recognizing that conclusory or unsupported allegations cannot support an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim
  • stating that a petitioner’s “unsupported allegations” that are “conclusory in nature and lacking factual substantiation” cannot sustain an ineffective assistance claim
  • stating that a petitioner’s “unsupported allegations” that are “conclusory in nature and lacking factual substantiation” cannot sustain an ineffective assistance claim
  • stating that an applicant’s “unsupported allegations” that are “conclusory in nature and lacking factual substantiation” cannot sustain an ineffective assistance claim

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Judges: Tjoflat, Edmondson, Dyer

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