Legal Opinion
United States v. William Day, A/K/A William McNeil
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 13, 1992No. 91-1938PublishedCited by 374 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
William Day appeals from the dismissal of his pro se petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1988), in which he seeks to have his conviction and sentence set aside. Day’s primary claim is that his trial counsel afforded him ineffective assistance of counsel regarding a plea offer by giving him substandard advice about his sentence exposure under the Sentencing Guidelines. More specifically, Day alleges that his counsel failed to explain his possible career offender status and told him that the maximum prison sentence that he could receive if he stood…
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