Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert McGowan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2012No. 10-50284PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Robert McGowan (“McGowan”), a former state prison guard, appeals his convic tion and sentence stemming from his assault on two inmates. His case has been before us once before: we previously reversed the district court’s grant of a judgment of acquittal following the jury’s guilty verdict. McGowan now contends that the district court erred in failing to conditionally rule that he was entitled to a new trial if the judgment of acquittal were to be reversed, and that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to make a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- United States v. MoranCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Pascual Dionicio JeronimoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Steven W. ArnettCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by37 opinions
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