Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 4, 1995No. CV 91-0036PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEXLER, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
In March 1990, petitioner pro se Robert Carpenter (“Carpenter”) and a co-defendant were tried on a three-count indictment for bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. During trial, Carpenter pleaded guilty to the second count; the first and third were dismissed. Carpenter was sentenced, on May 22, 1990, to 30 months incarceration.
On March 6, 1991, Carpenter collaterally attacked his sentence, by motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (the “§ 2255 motion”), on grounds: that the determination of his sentence was based on assumptions; that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. FranklinDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- Paulino v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Rosenfeld v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1997
- Carter v. DuBoisMassachusetts Superior Court · 1994
- Robert Carpenter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996