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· 4/20/1973

United States v. Ronald Richard Fisher

Citations

  • 477 F.2d 300
  • 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 10360

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing how counsel conceded he had not prepared for trial at all before the day of trial and only met with defendant for thirty minutes the day of trial
  • providing exception that where ineffective representation conclusively appears in trial record, claim may be raised on direct appeal
  • trial court may control lawyers by censuring them
  • trial court may control lawyers by censuring them
  • defense counsel’s insufficient preparation amounted to ineffective assistance

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Judges: Butzner, Field, Murray

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