Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Bendetti v. United States

Bendetti v. United States, 460 U.S. 1098 (1983)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1983-04-18
Topic
labor-and-employment

How later courts describe this case

  • observing that ineffective counsel may satisfy cause and prejudice requirements and distinguishing Lumpkin v. Ricketts where there was a “hollow claim” or base assertion of ineffective counsel, unsupported by testimony
  • "Depending upon the comprehensiveness of the [Witherspoon ] questions addressed to a potential juror, it may be possible in some instances for a court to decide that a response other than verbal is unquestionably unambiguous. We leave that question for another case...."
  • “Depending upon the comprehensiveness of the [Wither-spoon ] questions addressed to a potential juror, it may be possible in some instances for a court to decide that a response other than verbal is unquestionably unambiguous. We leave that question for another case....”
  • "At the heart of effective representation is the independent duty to investigate and prepare"

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C. A. 3d Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to file supplement to petition for writ of certiorari granted. Certiorari denied.