United States v. Carlos Aguiar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion, dissenting in part, filed by Circuit Judge Griffith.
Rogers, Circuit Judge
This is an appeal from the denial of a collateral attack pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on a conviction by a jury of crimes relating to a series of armed bank robberies. Carlos Aguiar contends the district court erred in denying the motion because his trial and appellate counsel failed to object to the closure of voir dire , in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, and because trial counsel failed to explain the sentencing consequences under 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c) of rejecting the government's…
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