Legal Opinion
Puglisi v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 13, 2009No. Docket 04-4834-prPublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Frederick Puglisi appeals from Judge Seybert’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and sentence due to ineffective assistance of counsel. The basis for the motion was a claim that appellant’s trial counsel misinformed him as to whether the district court could consider conduct for which he had not been convicted in determining his sentence. It was argued in supporting papers that appellant relied on such misinformation in rejecting a plea agreement offered by the government. The district court concluded that appellant failed to establish…
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