United States v. Orange, No. 20-3013 (D.C. Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe DC Circuit affirmed defendant's 57 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to two violations of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), which prohibits certain felons from possessing firearms. Defendant argues that his attorney was ineffective at his sentencing hearing, depriving him of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). However, the court concluded that the record from the hearing made clear that irrespective of any alleged deficiencies in representation, the district court would have imposed the same sentence. Accordingly, defendant has not demonstrated prejudice and thus his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails.
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