United States v. Murad Nersesian

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• holding that decisions whether to cross-examine are strategic and will not constitute a basis for ineffective assistance of counsel
• holding that decisions whether to cross-examine are strategic and will not constitute a basis for ineffective assistance of counsel
• stating that “[decisions whether to engage in cross-examination, and if so to what extent and in what manner, are ... strategic in nature” and generally will not support an ineffective assistance claim
• rejecting argument that knowledge and intent could not be inferred because monies were not structured in amounts “just short” of the reporting trigger
• observing that certain decisions, such as whether to give an opening statement, are ones that “fall squarely within the ambit of trial strategy, and, if reasonably made, will not constitute a basis for an ineffective assistance claim”
• explaining a defendant has no right to be arrested at a particular moment, even when probable cause exists

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).