U.S. v. Leonti, No. 01-17113 (9th Cir.) (326 F.3d 1111) (April 24, 2003) (Judge Michael Daly Hawkins)
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published in Punch and Jurists
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Failure to Address/Advise Defendant.
Here the Court became the first Circuit to hold that a viable ineffective assistance claim can arise through counsel's alleged failure to effectively assist a defendant in cooperating with the government during the pre-sentencing period.
This is the first decision that we have seen in which a Federal …
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