Is an allegation that defense counsel promised to fix things up for him sufficient to compel an evidentiary hearing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mayes v. Pickett, 537 F.2d 1080 (9th Cir. 1976):
The allegation that defense counsel promised to 'fix things up for him' is the sort of bare allegation which is insufficient to compel an evidentiary hearing. Diamond v. United States, 432 F.2d 35 (9th Cir. 1970); Meeks v. United States, 427 F.2d 881 (9th Cir. 1970).
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