United States v. Tony Lynn Fortson (98-1496) Elberto Anthony Paulino (98-1897)

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• determining, without an evidentiary hearing, that defendant had not overcome presumption of effective assistance because the court could “conceive of numerous reasonable strategic motives” for counsel’s actions at trial
• determining -- without district court findings or even evidentiary hearing -- that defendant had not overcome presumption of effective assistance because court “[could] conceive of numerous reasonable strategic motives” for counsel’s actions at trial
• “Spoiliation [sic] evidence ... is generally admissible because it is probative of consciousness of guilt”
• “We can conceive of numerous reasonable strategic motives for the decision.”
• \We can conceive of numerous reasonable strate- gic motives for the decision.\

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