Legal Opinion
Samuel B. Cerro v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 1989No. 88-2296PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Samuel B. Cerro appeals the district court’s denial of his post-conviction motion to vacate his federal convictions and sentences. 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment because James Ewers, who represented him at trial and on direct appeal, labored under conflicts of interest. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
We summarize the facts this court found when we considered Cerro’s direct appeal:
A jury convicted Sam Cerro of five counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and three counts of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Harris v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Samuel C. Stoia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Morelli, Anthony, (d.c. Crim. No. 93-Cr-00210-1), in No. 96-5144. United States of America v. Igor Roizman, A/K/A Little Igor, (d.c. Crim. No. 93-Cr-00210-10), Igor Roizman in No. 96-5389Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
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