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Tenth Circuit· 4/14/1995

United States v. Williamson

Citations

  • 53 F.3d 1500
  • 1995 WL 225507

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that counsel’s strategy of conceding guilt to lesser charge, while arguing for acquittal on major charge, did not constitute ineffective assistance
  • holding that neglecting to object to district court’s failure to make findings under Rule 32 “does not consti tute the type of ‘exceptional circumstance’ to which [Federal] Rule [of Criminal Procedure] 52(b) applies”
  • holding that statements which relate to (1) the identity and roles of coconspirators; (2) avoiding detection by law enforcement officers; (3) allying the fears and suspicions of individuals; and (4
  • holding that a seven-month hiatus did not sever a single conspiracy into two separate conspiracies, where “operations resumed with the same participants, the same conspiratorial objective and the same course of conduct”
  • concluding that trial counsel’s strategy of conceding during closing argument defendant’s guilt with respect to lesser drug counts, and denying involvement with the more serious conspiracy counts did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
  • holding that USSG § 2D1.1 is not violative of equal protection

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Judges: Baldock, Brorby, Seymour

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