Legal Opinion
United States v. Libertad Cruz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 6, 1986No. 6, Docket 84-1251PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal has involved ineffective and incompetent assistance of counsel on appeal by the same attorney who represented Libertad Cruz at trial. Following the sentencing of this 64-year-old defendant to consecutive terms of imprisonment total-ling 26 years plus a lifetime special parole term, an appeal was withdrawn in order to give the district court jurisdiction to hear a new trial motion. Upon denial of that motion, a timely appeal was followed by this court’s rejection of the appellant’s brief as totally inadequate. A second brief was filed, which improved little on…
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