Souleymane Marone, Also Known as Solomon Marone v. United States

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Marone was convicted of bribing a public official in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1)(B). 1 After he was released from prison, petitioner filed a § 2255 petition alleging that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel had failed to file a notice of appeal on his behalf 2 and also that he did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a jury trial.

The trial court granted petitioner a hearing as to whether petitioner had requested his counsel to file a notice of appeal. Petitioner’s trial counsel testified that he discussed with petitioner the…