Legal Opinion
United States v. Pitcher
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 11, 2009No. Docket 05-3182-crPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Per curiam
The government appeals the order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Trager, J.) granting Petitioner Douglas Pitcher’s motion to vacate his sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, due to defense counsel’s ineffective assistance. Pitcher v. United States, 371 F.Supp.2d 246, 258 (E.D.N.Y.2005). On direct appeal, Pitcher raised, inter alia, an ineffective assistance of counsel claim. We rejected this claim and affirmed his conviction. United States v. Pitcher, 7 FedAppx. 119, 2001 WL 356941 (2d Cir.2001). We hold that the district court’s finding in response…
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