Morales v. U.S., No. 04-0858-pr (2nd Cir.) (635 F.3d 39) (March 11, 2011) (Judge Peter W. Hall)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2011

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Counsel - Effective Assistance of.

[Editor's Note: For a commentary on this decision, see "Nothing Special," by Steve Statsinger, as posted on the Second Circuit Blog on March 20, 2011 at
http://circuit2.blogspot.com/2011/03/nothing-special.html
as follows:

Although decisions in habeas cases are generally beyond the scope of this blog, this one contains an discussion of an interesting …

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