Legal Opinion
United States v. Harrison P. Cronic
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1982No. 80-1955PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
The dispositive issue on appeal in this case is whether appellant Cronic was denied effective assistance of counsel in the trial at which he was convicted of eleven counts of mail fraud.
The relevant facts are as follows. Cronic was indicted, with two codefendants, on thirteen counts of mail fraud and unlawful use of a fictitious name, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 & 1342. The indictment was handed down on Feb. 5, 1980, nearly five years after the alleged commission of the offenses charged. Cronic and two business associates, Merritt and Cummings, were charged in this…
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3Cited by33 opinions
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