United States v. Cardoza

Anthony Cardoza entered a guilty plea on a drug trafficking offense and received a sentence of 72 months at a sentencing hearing oh September 17, 2013. Cardoza raises an ineffective assistance of counsel claim challenging his conviction. Cardoza also contends that his case should be immediately remanded for resentencing because of a recent retroactive amendment to the sentencing guidelines.

Cardoza’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim asserts a number of alleged errors his lawyer committed. But this claim, as is often the case with such claims, involves fact-specific issues ill-suited for…