Legal Opinion
Melvyn Jack Rosenwald v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 2, 1990No. 88-3478PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Per curiam
Melvyn Rosenwald pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine in the Southern District of Illinois. On September 8, 1986, Chief Judge Foreman sentenced him to ten years in prison to be followed by three years of special parole. The sentence was to run concurrently with a sentence of the same length imposed for narcotics activity in the Southern District of Florida. Rosenwald now attacks his Illinois conviction and sentence in a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He alleges that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in that his attorney, Ellis S.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Kevin T. Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- King v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
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