United States v. James C. Ausmus, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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• finding in income tax evasion case that prejudice prong of Strickland was not met where defendant admitted on cross-examination that his failure to pay income taxes “was not accidental, negligent, or inadvertent”
• “Professional standards do not require counsel to disbelieve a client and check with other sources unless counsel has a basis for such disbelief.”
• “Professional standards do not require counsel to disbelieve a client and check with other sources unless counsel has a basis for such disbelief.”

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