United States of America, Appellee, v. Richard B. Hudson, Sr., Defendant, Appellant, 67 F.3d 289 (1st Cir. 1995)

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons recited by the Magistrate-Judge in his Report and Recommendation dated December 14, 1994. We add that defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, even if properly before us, would necessarily fail on the merits. Contrary to defendant's suggestion, the record before us discloses no significant discrepancies between the debriefing statements, on the one hand, and the trial testimony, on the other, of the two witnesses in question. And as we had occasion to observe in our decision on direct appeal, see United States v. Hudson, 970 F.2d 948, 950-54 (1st Cir. 1992) (passim), co-defense counsel conducted a diligent cross-examination of these and all other witnesses.

Affirmed.