United States v. Thompson, No. 10-3004 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseAppellant, convicted of drug charges, appealed his sentence, claiming that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The court need not decide whether the record before it was sufficient to resolve this claim because both parties agreed that it was not. Therefore, the court remanded for whatever proceedings were necessary to determine whether appellant was denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel, which could include an evidentiary hearing in the district court's discretion. The court rejected appellant's claims under the Fair Sentencing Act, Pub. L. No. 111-120, 124 Stat. 2372, as meritless where he was convicted a half year in advance of the Act's passage.
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