Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 18, 1991No. 90-1266PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez was indicted on June 22, 1983 on six counts of bank robbery and one count of narcotics possession. After Rodriguez pleaded not guilty, a jury on April 12, 1984 found him guilty on all relevant counts of the indictment. Rodriguez was sentenced on June 29, 1984 to a total of fifty-four years in prison and $55,000 in fines.
On May 6,1988, Rodriguez filed a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In this motion Rodriguez made two claims, both charging ineffective assistance of counsel. First, Rodriguez alleged that his trial counsel, Pedro Varela,…
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