United States v. Jermaine Cortez Carter

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that counsel’s failure to make a motion “that had no chance of success fails both prongs” of Strickland
• holding that counsel was not ineffective Wade, 388 U.S. 218 (1967
• “[C]ounsel cannot be said to be deficient for failing to take frivolous action, particularly since a frivolous effort takes attention away from non-frivolous issues.”
• “[C]ounsel cannot be said to be deficient for failing to take frivolous action, particularly since a frivolous effort takes attention away from non-frivolous issues.”
• “[I]t is evident that failing to make a motion with no chance of success could not possibly prejudice the outcome.”
• statements contesting matters previ- ously raised and decided against the defendant are not proper during allocution

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