Thursday, August 04, 2011

Seventh Circuit -- Yu Li v. USA

Yu Li v. USA

 No ineffective assistance where counsel proposes an instruction without specific intent, where the proposed instruction was in use in another circuit.

No ineffective assistance in not objecting under confrontation clause to videotaped depositions / read transcripts of depositions.

No ineffective assistance because of language barrier where deft engaged in extended (yes/no) colloquy with court & ran a restaurant for many years in Wisconsin. 
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.