Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicholson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2010No. 08-6347PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN joined. Judge KEELEY wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Jack Lavelton Nicholson has twice been denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 habeas corpus relief in the Eastern District of Virginia— and has twice appealed — on his claim that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because his lawyer had an actual conflict of interest. More specifically, Nicholson maintains that, during his sentencing proceedings on a…
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