Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Guerra
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1980No. 80-1304PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, Robert Guerra, appeals District Court’s denial of his § 2255 motion. He asserts trial counsel was defective because his counsel (i) failed to advise him that his letter to the Judge contained an incriminating statement, (ii) did not conduct an adequate investigation of the case, (iii) did not cross-examine the Government’s key witness regarding discrepancies in her pretrial statement, and (iv) failed to timely petition for certiorari. Concluding Guerra’s allegations are without merit, we affirm his conviction.
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Guerra was convicted, after a jury trial, of distribution of heroin in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Raymond L. Buckelew and James Laney Jenkins v. United States of America, Judson Lee Drane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by38 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ford v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Jan Leslie CostaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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