United States v. Jason Best, A/K/A Jboo

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[i]f counsel has investigated witnesses and consciously decided not to call them, the decision is probably strategic” and generally not subject to review
• noting that, “[i]f counsel has investigated witnesses and consciously decided not to call them, the decision is probably strategic”
• recognizing that “[a] lawyer’s decision to call or not to call a witness is a strategic decision generally not subject to review. The Constitution does not oblige counsel to present each and every witness that is suggested to him” (brackets in Best; citation omitted)
• court need not decide if counsel’s performance was deficient if it determines defendant cannot show prejudice
• ‘‘[a]n outright failure to investigate witnesses [as opposed to the decision not to call such witnesses after investiga- tion], is more likely to be a sign of deficient perfor- mance’’
• “Normally, we do not review ineffective assistance of counsel claims on direct review…”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).