Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1996No. 96-4046PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, and for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to distribute cocaine within 1000 feet of a school, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 860(a), Jorge Lopez appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He raises four issues: first, that his counsel was constitutionally deficient for failing to advise Lopez to appeal and for failing to file a Rule 29 motion to acquit for insufficiency of the evidence;…
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