Legal Opinion

United States v. Burdulis

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided August 1, 2016No. Criminal No. 10-40003-FDSPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2255

SAYLOR, United States District Judge

On April 5, 2012, a jury found petitioner Paul Burdulis guilty of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a). On June 28, 2012, the Court sentenced him to 108 months of incarceration, to be followed by a ten-year period of supervised release. He has now moved to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

In his motion, Burdulis contends (1) that his appellate counsel was ineffective in failing to…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Yarborough v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. David v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998

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