Legal Opinion
Fernando Delatorre v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 2017No. 15-1632PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Fernando Delatorre of several felonies. He was sentenced to life in prison, and his conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. He then filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, arguing that (1) the prosecutor committed misconduct by reneging on a promise to provide him with a plea agreement and (2) his pretrial counsel’s performance was constitutionally ineffective. The district court rejected these claims and denied his collateral motion.
Because Delatorre failed to raise the prosecutorial-misconduct claim in the district court…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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