Legal Opinion
Bucuvalas v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 1996No. 96-1472PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAURO, Chief District Judge.
Appellant George Bucuvalas appeals the District Court’s denial of his petition to vacate his sentence made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Essentially, Bucuvalas asserts that his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated because his attorney’s fees were paid by his co-defendants and because his attorney advised him not to testify on his own behalf.
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Background
On February 15, 1989, George Bucuvalas was indicted in the District of Massachusetts for participating in, and conspiring to participate in, a pattern of racketeering activity in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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