UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank Charles McMULLEN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant

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• holding failure to raise Sentencing Guidelines distinction between d-methamphetamine and 1-methamphetamine not ineffective assistance where attorney did not have notice that 1-methamphetamine might be involved
• holding counsel not ineffective for failing to challenge type of methamphetamine where no evidence indicates defendant possessed 1-methamphetamine
• “Establishing the elements of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim normally will meet [the] cause and prejudice test”
• rejecting the appellant’s contention that the district court erred by denying the 21 ||appellant an evidentiary hearing on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim because □ the appellant failed to allege specific facts entitling him to relief
• rejecting 19 the appellant’s contention that the district court erred by denying the appellant an 20 evidentiary hearing on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim because the appellant 21 failed to allege specific facts entitling him to relief
• rejecting 26 appellant’s contention that the district court erred by denying the appellant an 27 || evidentiary hearing on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim because the appellant 28 || failed to allege specific facts entitling him to relief

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