United States v. Felder’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 841 (Amendments of 1973 to Federal Law) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Booker · Gideon v. Wainwright · Hill v. Lockhart · Blackledge v. Allison
Most-quoted passages
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“Counsel’s failure to file an appeal requested by the client “cannot be considered a strategic decision.” ... A petitioner is entitled to resentencing and to an appeal without having to show that it would likely have had merit, when his counsel does not file a requested appeal. ... If a petitioner’s attorney does not comply with a request to file an appeal, the sentence will be vacated and the petitioner will be resentenced to allow him to appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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