Legal Opinion
United States v. Weeks
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2011No. 09-4171, 09-4183PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Robert G. Weeks pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud. He now argues his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary and was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel. We consolidated his direct appeal with the appeal from the district court’s denial of his § 2255 petition. We affirm Mr. Weeks’ conviction on his direct appeal, but we reverse the dismissal of his § 2255 petition.
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This appeal reaches us in an unusual posture. In 2002, Mr. Weeks pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud. He agreed to cooperate with the government and to…
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