Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Buford v. United States

Buford v. United States, 484 U.S. 957 (1987)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-11-16
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • ‘‘[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

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
128 opinions

C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.