Legal Opinion
Morales v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 11, 2011No. Docket 04-0858-prPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
Richard Morales appeals from the denial of his section 2255 motion1 by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Nevas, J.). Morales v. United States, 294 F.Supp.2d 174 (D.Conn.2003). Morales challenged his conviction on the grounds that, inter alia, he did not receive effective assistance of counsel from his trial or appellate lawyers asserting that they neither protected his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial nor challenged what Morales contends was an improper sentence on his conspiracy conviction. Because, based on the record before the…
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