Bendetti v. United States
Bendetti v. United States, 460 U.S. 1098 (1983)
Opinion of the Court
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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.
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(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)
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("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....")
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("At the heart of effective representation is the independent duty to investigate and prepare")
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