United States v. Darwin G. Rice

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• holding that the evidence of defendant’s guilt was overwhelming, thus “the failure to separately define ‘intent to defraud’ cannot be said to have affected his substantial rights”
• emphasizing that strategic choices are virtually unchallengeable
• “[A] defendant is not immunized from criminal prosecution merely because he consulted an attorney in connection with a particular transaction.”
• “ ‘Strategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable.’ ”
• “[S]trategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable.”
• cited with approval in Janiero v. Urological Surgery Pros. Ass’n, 457 F.3d 130, 140 (1st Cir. 2006)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).