Government of Virgin Islands v. Nicholas

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SILVERLIGHT, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

This matter came before the Court on remand from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals after which an evidentiary hearing was conducted on defendant’s motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 wherein he claimed an abridgment of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, 759 F.2d 1073. For the reasons set forth below, defendant’s motion shall be denied.

The factual background of this case has been set forth in a litany of prior cases, to wit:

Government of the Virgin Islands v. Nicholas, No. 81-2373 (3d Cir.1982)…