Legal Opinion
United States v. Rufus Gaines
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 1976No. 75--1466PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
This collateral review under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 presents the claim that petitioner was deprived of his sixth amendment right to the effective representation of counsel because of the divided loyalties of his retained trial counsel. The District Court denied relief. We reverse.
Rufus Gaines and two codefendants were convicted of robbing an armored truck carrying money insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and murdering the driver, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (e), and were sentenced to life imprisonment. This court affirmed the conviction. United…
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