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• Washington v. Watkins, 655 F.2d 1346 (5th Cir. 1981)
  …is, 586 F. 2d 1325, 1331-33 (9th Cir. 1978) (en banc) (when an ineffective assistance claim is premised on specific acts or omissions of counsel, the allegations must be buttressed by a showing of injury or prejudice to the defendant), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 974, 99 S.Ct. 1542, 59 L.Ed.2d 793 (1979). Cf. Gomez v. Beto, 462 F. 2d 596, 597 (5th Cir. 1972) (per curiam) (noting that since uncalled witnesses had testified at habeas hearing that they would have corroborated petitioner’s alibi defense, petitione…
• Brooks v. Kemp, 762 F.2d 1383 (11th Cir. 1985)
  …did not render trial fundamentally unfair), cert. denied, 447 U.S. 907, 100 S.Ct. 2991, 64 L.Ed.2d 857 (1980); Cronnon v. Alabama, 587 F. 2d 246 (5th Cir.) (improper argument not unconstitutional due to overwhelming evidence of guilt), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 974, 99 S.Ct. 1542, 59 L.Ed.2d 792 (1979). On the other hand, arguments serious enough to satisfy the “reasonable probability” test have been found “fundamentally unfair” under the Donnelly standard. See, e.g., Houston v. Estelle, 569 F. 2d 372 (5th C…

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• United States v. Nunziato Fusaro, 708 F.2d 17 (1st Cir. 1983)
  …ions of inadequacy must “waste the court’s time with futile or frivolous motions.” United States v. Bosch, 584 F. 2d at 1121, citing Cooper v. Fitzharris, 551 F. 2d 1162, 1166 (9th Cir.1977), appeal after remand, 586 F. 2d 1325 (1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 974 [99 S.Ct. 1542, 59 L.Ed.2d 793] (1979); and United States v. Wright, 573 F. 2d 681, 683-84 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 949 [98 S.Ct. 2857, 56 L.Ed.2d 792] (1978); Moore v. United States, 432 F. 2d 730, 737 (3d Cir.1970). Viewing these errors…