United States v. Mark A. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that suspicion of a traffic offense constitutes probable cause
• citingStrickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984)
• noting that the Strickland test is highly deferential to counsel
• finding counsel’s failure to call alibi witnesses where the government had proved all elements was not deficient performance
• in a felon-in-possession case, counsel’s failure to call alibi witnesses where the government had proved each element of the crime was not deficient performance
• “A lawyer’s decision to call or not to call a witness is a strategic decision generally not subject to review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).