Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian Booth
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 29, 2005No. 03-3893PublishedCited by 236 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Brian Booth appeals from the District Court’s decision denying his motion to vacate his sentence brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Booth was convicted by a jury on two counts relating to his role in setting off a pipe bomb at an apartment building. Booth contends that his trial counsel-aware of the substantial evidence against Booth and that Booth did not want to cooperate with the Government — rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by not informing Booth that he could have entered an “open” guilty plea to both counts without proceeding to…
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