Legal Opinion
John James Ouellette v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 23, 1988No. 88-1367PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
John James Ouellette (“petitioner”) appeals from an order entered February 11, 1988 in the District of Maine, Gene Carter, District Judge, denying without a hearing petitioner’s motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1982) to vacate his conviction and sentence on the ground that his guilty plea was involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Petitioner asserts that counsel had misrepresented to him that, by pleading guilty to a drug offense, he would not be required to “cooperate” with the government thereafter.
The district court found that counsel was not…
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