Legal Opinion
Currier v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 2003No. 01-2528PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals an order of the district court vacating the 1997 conviction of appellee George Currier, Jr., for use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). The government contends that the order, issued under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, is based on an erroneous finding that Currier was victimized by ineffective assistance of counsel during the bench trial leading to the conviction. We agree and reinstate Currier’s conviction.
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We cull the facts relevant to our ruling from the panel opinion affirming the conviction on…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. Edgar Cherry GantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Kathy Evelyn WillisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Maxwell-AnthonyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- United States v. TolliverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- United States v. Alexander Michael RoyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
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