Legal Opinion
United States v. Jeffrey Dean Howard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2004No. 02-16228PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
When Jeffrey Dean Howard pled guilty in federal district court, he was under the influence of a prescribed narcotic painkiller due to severe leg injuries from a motorcycle accident and consequently, he claims, did not fully understand the nature and consequences of his plea agreement. Howard appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 habeas petition, arguing that his counsel’s performance was constitutionally ineffective in permitting him, while incompetent, to acquiesce in a plea agreement he had seen for the first time just before he agreed to plead…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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