Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 7, 2003No. 02-1892, 02-1893PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Virgilio and Santo Ruiz were convicted in 1994 on four charges stemming from a fire that burned down their business in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1990. The brothers now challenge their convictions on the basis of new evidence that Virgilio uncovered in 2000 that had been in the possession of the Boston Police Department. The District Court reviewed and rejected their pro se § 2255 motion, containing an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. The Court also considered a later-filed motion (of an ambiguous nature) as both a § 2255 motion and as a motion…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- McCambridge v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- James Barrett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- United States v. RuizCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Rosado v. AllenDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2007
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