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· 3/30/2007

United States v. Gwyn, Benjamin

Citations

  • 481 F.3d 849
  • 375 U.S. App. D.C. 353
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 7355
  • 2007 WL 935729

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that where defendant “suffered no prejudice from trial counsel’s [alleged deficiency], we need not decide whether counsel’s performance in this respect was objectively unreasonable”
  • requiring a defendant alleging counsel's failure to investigate to show \precisely what information would have been discovered through further investigation\
  • “[A] defendant may not merely allege that counsel failed to undertake an investigation.”

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Judges: Sentelle, Tatel, Edwards

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