Legal Opinion
United States v. Vaatausili Mark Alaimalo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2002No. 00-15859PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Vaatausili Mark Alaimalo (“Alaimalo”) appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the failure of both his trial lawyer and his appellate lawyer to challenge the warrantless entry into his home as being without probable cause constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, in violation of the Sixth Amendment. Because we conclude that the officers had probable cause to believe that a package containing illegal drugs had been taken inside Alaima-lo’s home, we hold that Alaimalo did not receive ineffective assistance of…
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