United States v. Alfred Thompson

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

It is the law of this circuit that we remand to the district court any claim of ineffective assistance of counsel first raised on direct appeal that we cannot readily resolve on the record before us. Applying our precedent, we remand one of the appellant’s claims and deny the other.

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In June 2008, the police arrested Alfred Thompson after a foot chase. During the chase, Thompson tossed aside, but the police later found, a bag containing 53.6 grams of crack cocaine and 4 grams of marijuana. In July 2008, Thompson was…