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· 4/6/2005

Robin L. Peoples v. United States

Citations

  • 403 F.3d 844
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 5430
  • 2005 WL 767062

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Treating new arguments as grounds for a second decision would . . . in practical effect abandon the doctrine [of law of the case].”
  • “one who makes and loses a contention that counsel was ineffective for four reasons cannot start over by choosing four different (or four additional) failings to emphasize”
  • “ineffective assistance of counsel is a single ground for relief no matter how many failings the lawyer may have displayed.”
  • “one who makes and loses a contention that counsel was ineffective for four reasons cannot start over by choosing four different (or four additional) failings to emphasize”
  • “[A] defendant never forfeits a claim of ineffective assistance by waiting until collateral attack.”
  • “[A] defendant never forfeits a claim of ineffective assistance by waiting until collateral attack.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Ripple, Williams

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