District court’s denial of defendant’ 28 U.S.C.A. section 2255 motion is affirmed as, decisions involving mistrials - whether to seek a mistrial or accept a mistrial offered by the trial court - are tactical decisions left to the sound judgment of counsel, and the decision remains counsel’s to make even if the client expresses disagreement with the decision, and counsel’s decision is not unreasonable simply because the client disagrees.
Read US v. Chapman, No. 08-7976
Appellate Information
Argued: December 1, 2009
Decided: January 29, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Chief Judge Traxler
Counsel
For Appellant: Lartease Martrell Tiffith, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
For Appellee: Jefferson McClure Gray, Office of the US Attorney
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