Legal Opinion
Matthews v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 14, 2012No. Docket 10-0611-prPublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Michael Matthews, who received a sentence of life imprisonment as a career offender pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c) following his conviction in 2007 of federal bank robbery and conspiracy offenses, appeals (1) from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, David N. Hurd, Judge, denying his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his conviction or correct his sentence on the principal grounds that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel and appellate counsel, and (2) from the denial of his motion for…
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