Legal Opinion
Jose Valentin Lopez-Nieves v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 29, 1990No. 89-1905PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Jose Valentin Lopez-Nieves appeals from the denial of his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate and set aside his guilty plea and sentence for a one-count indictment under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Appellant claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that his guilty plea was invalid.
Lopez-Nieves and Juan Robles-Rodriguez were indicted on February 4,1987, for aiding and abetting each other knowingly and intentionally to possess with intention to distribute 50.9 grams of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C.…
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