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Type
Dissent
Filed
Oct. 2, 2018
Case
Daynel Rodriguez-Penton v. United States
Case status
Decided

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THAPAR, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Being a criminal defense attorney is not easy. You have to deal with the government, which often has the odds and resources stacked in its favor. You have to advise a client, who may not be willing to listen. Sometimes you may have to delve into law far afield from your day-to-day practice-like immigration law. And if you get that law wrong and a court says you were ineffective, you may face bar s…

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