Osagiede v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that ineffective assistance claims often require an evidentiary hearing to more fully develop the record
• instructing courts to “accord a liberal construction” to pro se petitions
• “Ineffective assistance claims generally require an evidentiary hearing if the record contains insufficient facts to explain counsel’s actions as tactical.”
• “All lawyers that represent criminal defendants are expected to know the laws applicable to their client’s defense.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “All lawyers that represent criminal defendants are expected to know the laws applicable to their client’s defense.”
• “Ineffective assistance claims generally require an evidentiary hearing if the record contains insufficient facts to explain counsel’s actions as tactical.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).