Legal Opinion

United States v. Steven Chestaro, Petitioner-Defendant-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 16, 1999No. 1998PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Steven Chestaro appeals from the February 23, 1998 judgment of conviction for assaulting a federal officer entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lewis A. Kaplan, District Judge). Chestaro appeals his conviction, his sentence, and the district court’s subsequent denial of his motion to vacate his conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The government charged in one count that on the evening of February 19, 1997, Steven Chestaro assaulted, resisted, and interfered with three…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Connecticut National Bank v. GermainSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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