Prou v. United States

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• concluding that the Frady and Strickland prejudice standards are one and the same
• finding that, where defendant asserts ineffective assistance of counsel to avoid procedural default, the “prejudice” inquiry under Strickland and the forfeiture doctrine is the same
• finding that failure to raise issue of inadmissible hearsay constituted deficient performance
• observing that when an attorney “fails to raise an important, obvious defense without any imaginable strategic or tactical reason for the omission, his performance falls below the standard of proficient representation that the Constitution demands.”
• observing that when an attorney “fails to raise an important, obvious defense without any imaginable strategic or tactical reason for the omission, his performance falls below the standard of proficient representation that the Constitution demands.”
• declining to hold that § 851(a)’s requirements go to the district court’s subject matter jurisdiction

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