Legal Opinion
United States v. Ivania Maria Couto, Also Known as Sealed Dft 35
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 15, 2002No. Docket 01-1636PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Ivania Maria Couto appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (McAvoy, J.) denying her motion to withdraw her plea of guilty to a charge of bribing a public official. On appeal, Defendant advances three reasons why she should have been allowed to withdraw the guilty plea: (1) that, she had received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of her Sixth Amendment rights and that, as a result, her plea was not knowing and voluntary;. (2) that the district court abused its discretion in denying the…
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