Legal Opinion
Kevin McHale v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1999No. Docket 97-2966PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to consider the procedure we should follow when an appeal from a criminal conviction is dismissed because the defendant’s counsel, after filing a notice of appeal, fails to perfect the appeal, and the defendant thereafter attempts to litigate his counsel’s defective representation. This matter comes to us on an appeal by Kevin McHale from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Chief Judge), denying his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his conviction for conspiracy to distribute…
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