Legal Opinion
Cosio v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 21, 2007No. 98-CF-1906 & 02-CO-1453PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
This appeal concerns a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel. Appellant Richard Cosío asserts that he was convicted of multiple felony counts of child sexual abuse because his trial counsel failed to discover readily available evidence that would have impeached his accuser. A divided three-judge panel of this Court rejected appellant’s claim. We went en banc not only to reconsider the panel’s decision, but also to clarify the legal principles governing ineffectiveness claims based on counsel’s alleged investigative…
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