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· 9/15/1994

United States v. Chevalier Thompson, A/K/A Bumpy

Citations

  • 27 F.3d 671
  • 307 U.S. App. D.C. 221

How courts have described this case

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  • finding no prejudice per se in defense counsel's failure to inform defendant before guilty plea that, as a career offender, he faced possible life imprisonment
  • finding no prejudice per se in defense counsel's failure to inform defendant before ___ __ guilty plea that, as a career offender, he faced possible life imprisonment
  • “For purposes of determining our standard of review of an alleged error in admission of evidence, [ ] a post-verdict motion for a new trial is not the same as a timely objection.”
  • “the 10 choices that [defendant] actually made do not necessarily shed any useful light on the choices that he would have made if he had been properly advised” (emphases in original)
  • claimant’s allegations of disability 28 properly discredited where claimant was able to care for her own 1 personal needs, cook, clean, shop, interact with her nephew and 2 boyfriend, and manage finances
  • an ALJ’s decision will not be reversed for errors that are harmless

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Judges: Silberman, Williams, Ginsburg

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