STOTTS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• United States v. Mealy, 851 F.2d 890 (7th Cir. 1988)
  …tatement is not sufficient for a defendant to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance. Whether to make an opening statement to the jury is at the discretion of trial counsel. Crisp v. Duckworth, 743 F. 2d 580, 587 (7th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1226, 105 S.Ct. 1221, 84 L.Ed.2d 361 (1985). Spotts has not indicated any possible prejudice- resulting from his attorney’s trial strategy. Spotts also complains that trial counsel failed to adequately prepare him to testify at the suppression hearing.…
• United States v. Mandell Jackson, 935 F.2d 832 (7th Cir. 1991)
  …- U.S. -, 110 S.Ct. 415, 107 L.Ed.2d 380 (1989); see United States v. Berkowitz, 927 F. 2d 1376, 1382 (7th Cir.1991); Montgomery v. Petersen, 846 F. 2d 407, 412-13 (7th Cir.1988); Crisp v. Duckworth, 743 F. 2d 580, 583 (7th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1226, 105 S.Ct. 1221, 84 L.Ed.2d 361 (1985). "[A]pplying a heavy measure of deference to counsel's judgment," Strickland, 466 U.S. at 691, 104 S.Ct. at 2064, however, we are unable to conclude that the performance of Davis' trial counsel "fell below an o…
• United States v. Claudy Ray Herron and Johannes Faul, 825 F.2d 50 (5th Cir. 1987)
  …ave been framed in a more satisfactory manner, but whether it conforms to minimal constitutional standards.” United States v. Gordon, 780 F. 2d 1165, 1169 (5th Cir.1986) (citing United States v. Webb, 747 F. 2d 278, 284 (5th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1226, 105 S.Ct. 1222, 84 L.Ed.2d 362 (1985)). Accordingly, Faul's appeal on the conspiracy conviction must be rejected. The evidence is sufficient to show a conspiracy to take the cash out of the United States without filing the required Customs Form 479…