Legal Opinion
Garrett Brock Trapnell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 19, 1983No. 66, Docket 82-2025PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
Garrett Brock Trapnell appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jacob Mishler, J., denying Trapnell’s petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his 10-year old conviction. Appellant argues that the assistance of counsel that he received at the trial was ineffective. Judging counsel’s performance by the “reasonably competent assistance” standard, which we adopt in this opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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Appellant Trapnell was found guilty in May 1973 after a jury trial before then Chief Judge…
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