Legal Opinion

Suveges v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided October 14, 1993No. 92-2465PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Robert E. Suveges, Jr., strives gallantly to persuade us that the district court erred in summarily denying a petition to vacate his sentence brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment in its major aspects, but remand to permit further consideration of one related point.

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On August 14, 1990, a federal grand jury indicted Suveges on three counts of drug distribution, not involving death or injury, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The charges arose from separate incidents in which Suveges sold…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. United States v. William Day, A/K/A William McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  3. United States v. Dennis HarotunianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Edwin Sanchez, United States of America v. Gregorio Rosario, United States of America v. Rafael SanchezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Lesester D. McDougherty AKA Lester JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Knight v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  2. United States v. Ignasio Maldenaldo Sanchez, United States of America v. Santiago Gilberto SanchezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  3. United States v. Brian Leslie AllenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  4. Prou v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  5. United States v. Charles Lester VannessCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996

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