United States v. Enyinnaya Udo

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• holding that restitution be reduced by the amount the defendant already paid to the victim
• explaining that constitutional ineffectiveness is not presumed when a lawyer fails to deliver on a promise that a witness will testify
• holding defendant was not prejudiced because there was “no reasonable probability that the outcome of the trial would have been different had [defendant]’s counsel done all that [the defendant] now argues he should have”
• considering whether counsel was ineffective for implying that the defendant would testify by characterizing the case as a he-said-she-said case during opening statement
• affirming dismissal of tortious interference claim where plaintiff 1 “d[id] not allege any specific resultant disruption to contractual or economic relationships”
• analyzing how the broken promise affected the jury’s evaluation of videotape evidence and other witnesses

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