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“e do not consider ineffective counsel claims on direct appeal from a conviction.”
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discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Fisher v. United States
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e do not consider ineffective counsel claims on direct appeal from a conviction.
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Karijmah Tremaine Mosley
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See, e.g., Holloway, 971 F.2d at 681 ; United States v. Millwood, 961 F.2d 194, 195 (11th Cir. 1992); Snyder, 941 F.2d at 1428 .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Phillip E. Hill
11th Cir. · 2011 · signal: see also · confidence medium
If the record is sufficiently developed, however, this court will consider an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal.” United States v. Bender, 290 F.3d 1279, 1284 (11th Cir. 2002) (citations omitted); see also United States v. Millwood, 961 F.2d 194, 195 (11th Cir. 1992) (declining to consider ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal from defendant’s sentence).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Hill
11th Cir. · 2011 · signal: see also · confidence medium
If the record is sufficiently developed, however, this court will consider an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal.” United States v. Bender, 290 F.3d 1279, 1284 (11th Cir.2002) (citations omitted); see also United States v. Millwood, 961 F.2d 194, 195 (11th Cir.1992) (declining to consider ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal from defendant's sentence).
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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
John T. MILLWOOD, Defendant-Appellant
91-8295.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
May 14, 1992.
961 F.2d 194
Jeffery C. Duffey, Susan G. James, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant-appellant., William L. McKinnon, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.
Tjoflat, Hatchett, Dubina.
Cited by 5 opinions  |  Published
PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals the sentence he received in the district court for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1988). He assigns three points of error, none of which was raised in the district court; he also claims that the trial attorney failed to render him effective assistance of counsel. With respect to this latter claim, we do not consider ineffective counsel claims on direct appeal from a conviction. See, e.g., United States v. Griffin, 699 F.2d 1102, 1107-09 (11th Cir.1983). The same policy logically should apply to direct appeals from sentences; thus, we refuse to consider appellant’s ineffective assistance claim at this time. Whether counsél rendered ineffective assistance should be determined in the first instance by the district court on a fully developed evidentiary record. Once such a determination has been made, we will review it.

In United States v. Jones, 899 F.2d 1097 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 111 S.Ct. 275,112 L.Ed.2d 230 (1990), in the exercise of our supervisory power, we directed the district courts, after imposing sentence, to elicit the parties’ objections, if any, to the sentence. We did this to facilitate appellate review, and moreover, to enable the district court to correct on the spot any error that may have occurred in reaching the sentence and thus, perhaps, to render an appeal unnecessary. In this case, the district court failed to elicit the parties’ objections; hence, they are presented to us for the first time. The district court, as we said in Jones, should pass on them first. We therefore vacate appellant's sentence and remand the case for further proceedings.

VACATED and REMANDED.