United States v. Andre Cardell King, United States of America v. Chalmers Lavette Hendricks

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• holding that while district court must main- tain impartiality, it may still interrogate witnesses as necessary to ensure proper development of the facts
• even though North Carolina law permits a convicted felon to possess a firearm and ammunition in his home, “[w]hen civil rights have not been restored, the [state law] right to possess a firearm is immaterial”
• “[I]t is well settled that a claim of ineffective assistance should be raised in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion in the district court rather than on direct appeal, unless the record conclusively shows ineffective assistance.”
• discussing the obligation to do so as “well settled”

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