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· 1/9/1986

United States v. Alex S. Debango, A/K/A Ales Debango

Citations

  • 780 F.2d 81
  • 250 U.S. App. D.C. 419

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The complete failure to investigate potentially corroborating witnesses ... can hardly be considered a tactical decision”
  • \Neglect even to interview available eyewitnesses to a crime simply cannot be ascribed to trial strategy and tactics.\
  • “The complete failure to investigate potentially corroborating witnesses ... can hardly be considered a tactical decision.”
  • where no objection to instruction was registered at trial, appellant must demonstrate plain error
  • “The complete failure to investigate potentially corroborating witnesses . . . can hardly be considered a tactical decision.”
  • where no objection to instruction was registered at trial, appellant must demonstrate plain error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Wright, Edwards, McGowan

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