The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Fernhoff, 849 F.2d 1476 (9th Cir. 1988):
Fernhoff attacks as ineffective the assistance his counsel rendered at the probation revocation hearing. Claims of ineffective assistance raise mixed questions of law and fact which we review de novo. United States v. Rogers, 769 F.2d 1418, 1424 (9th Cir.1985).
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