Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Faymor Development Co. v. King

446 U.S. 905

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1980-04-21
Topic
bankruptcy

for further consideration in light of Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622, 100 S.Ct. 1398, 63 L.Ed.2d 673 (1980) | ineffective assistance where counsel did not call alibi witnesses to testify, despite repeated urgings by Bell v. Georgia, 554 F.2d 1361 (5th Cir. 1977 | "(A)n attorney does not provide effective assistance if he fails to investigate sources of evidence which may be helpful to the defense." | “[A]n attorney does not provide effective assistance if he fails to investigate sources of evidence which may be helpful to the defense.” | ineffective assistance where counsel did not call alibi witnesses to testify, despite repeated urgings by Bell v. Georgia, 554 F.2d 1361 (5th Cir. 1977 | “where an allegation of ineffective assistance by counsel is premised on specific acts or omissions of counsel, the allegations must be buttressed by a showing of injury or prejudice to the defendant” | no good faith defense for strip search performed pursuant to county policy | “[I]f a defense attorney were to put on what amounted to no defense at all, we would ‘not stop to determine whether prejudice resulted,’ Hamilton v. Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 55, 82 S.Ct. 157, 159, 7 L.Ed.2d 114 (1961).” | disobeying traffic signal and operating vehicle without license plates

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v. Karlen, 444 U. S. 223 (1980).

Mr. Justice Blackmun and Mr. Justice Stevens dissent.