Thomas Richardson v. United States

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• holding that Strickland requires petitioner to prove that “but for counsel’s errors, he would not have pleaded guilty”
• rejecting failure-to-investigate claim where movant provided no evidence of what further investigation would have revealed
• rejecting failure‐to‐investigate claim where movant provided no evidence of what further investigation would have revealed
• “Whether a movant who pleaded guilty can establish prejudice from counsel's failure to investigate depends on whether the information that might have been discovered would have led counsel to change his recommendation as to the plea.”
• “It is well-established that a court gener- ally applies the law in effect at the time of its decision, and that if the law changes while the case is on appeal the appel- late court applies the new rule.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).