Legal Opinion
United States v. Moskovits
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 24, 1993No. Crim. 87-284-01PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
Having conducted an evidentiary hearing to resolve issues of material fact pertaining to defendant Alexander Moskovits’ motion to vacate his judgment of conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, I now conclude that Moskovits’ trial was critically infected by unconstitutional error, and that a new trial is in order.
What follows incorporates my findings of fact and conclusions of law.
I.’
On February 12, 1993, I filed an opinion holding that defendant’s § 2255 petition was not an abuse of the writ and ordering an evidentiary hearing to resolve…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Alexander Eugenio MoskovitsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- United States v. MoskovitsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
- United States v. Alexander Eugenio MoskovitsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Alexander Eugenio MoskovitsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- United States v. MoskovitsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996