Tenth Observes that Failing to Understand How Guidelines Work Is IAC

U.S. v. Contreras-Castellano, 2006 WL 2338082 (8/14/06)(unpub'd) - While rejecting the defendant's ineffective assistance claim on prejudice grounds, the 10th makes a helpful point that, although failing to accurately predict a client's sentence is not deficient performance, failing to understand the mechanics of the guidelines is.