United States v. Sheldon Hansel

Defendant-appellant Sheldon Hansel pled guilty to eight counts of making false statements to the Commodity Credit Corporation (the “CCC”). Hansel demonstrates that his indictment on counts seven and eight was brought outside the applicable statute of limitations. Hansel’s attorney, however, never objected on that ground, and Hansel was convicted and sentenced on all eight counts. Hansel contends that his counsel’s failure to inform him that counts seven and eight were time-barred constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, and therefore that his subsequent waiver of the time-bar defense,…