U.S. v. Akintomide, No. CRIM.97-263(RMU) (D.D.C.) (185 F.Supp.2d 1) (April 17, 2001) (Judge Ricardo M. Urbina)
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Strickland Standard.
Here the Court vacated a sentence after concluding that defense counsel's failure to move for a mitigating role sentence reduction under USSG § 3B1.2 constituted a "drastic misstep" that fell below the required level of professional competence.
This is an interesting case in which the Court held that the failure …
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