· 1/6/1987
United States v. Vincent Caputo, and Vincent Potenza
Citations
- 808 F.2d 963
- 22 Fed. R. Serv. 447
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 901
How courts have described this case
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- holding that in order to show prejudice a petitioner must demonstrate that but for counsel’s alleged error, the -result would have been different.
- finding that defendants’ ties to prior credit card schemes were probative of their intent in possessing credit card account numbers to commit access device fraud
- trial counsel not ineffective for not making a motion which he had no legal basis to make
- “Where intent to commit the crime charged is clearly at issue, evidence of prior similar acts may be introduced to prove that intent.”
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Judges: Meskill, Miner, Altimari
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