Opinion ID: 1769614
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: First Circuit

Text: In Allen v. VanCantfort, 436 F.2d 625 (1st Cir.1971), the Court held that the appropriate test is whether counsel's actions were so incompetent as to shock the conscience of the reviewing court. This holding was reiterated in United States v. Stamas, 443 F.2d 860 (1st Cir.1971). In Moran v. Hogan, 494 F.2d 1220 (1st Cir.1974), the Court applied the mockery, sham or farce rule, but, in a footnote, after noting that the Fifth and Sixth Circuits had adopted a different rule, indicated future reevaluation of its position by stating (t)he instant case is an inappropriate one for reassessment of this circuit's standard....