United States v. Dolores Freixas

How courts have described this case

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• stating that a defendant must demonstrate that “no competent counsel would have taken the action that his counsel did take” (citation omitted)
• deferring to the district court’s finding “that retained counsel’s performance was in no sense deficient”
• finding no abuse discretion in denying plea withdrawal where district court assessed the competency of defendant’s representation and found no deficiencies
• “Freixas’ argument concerning the magistrate judge’s authority is advanced for the first time on ap- peal, and accordingly we review it only for plain error.”

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