Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Buford v. United States
484 U.S. 957
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-11-16
- Topic
- general
‘‘[t]he brief [three day] gap between the termination of the first wiretap order and the issuance of the second does not prevent the latter from being an extension of the former" | strategic decisions generally do not form a basis for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim | to prevail, a defendant must establish that a miscarriage of justice will occur | burden of showing substantial prejudice amounting to a “miscarriage of justice” | questioning by defense counsel “opened the door” to damaging evidence
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- 62 opinions
C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.