Legal Opinion
Lance Pough v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2006No. 04-3863PublishedCited by 345 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilman, J., joined by Ryan, J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 971 - 974), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Lance Pough, a federal prisoner who first pled guilty to federal drug charges and later to a state murder charge, appeals the denial of his § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence. He contends that the two lawyers who represented him during the course of his plea proceedings in the district court, as well as his court-appointed appellate counsel on direct appeal, all rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance. Pough asserts that this entitles him to vacate his guilty plea or, at a…
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