Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Maria Sandoval-Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2005No. 03-35594PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a prisoner who claims that his lawyer rendered him ineffective assistance by failing to file a notice of appeal.
Facts
Sandoval-Lopez was caught in Yakima, Washington, with fifteen pounds of heroin hidden in the manifold of his pickup truck. He had told a man who helped him with the mechanical work, and who turned out to be an undercover informant, that he regularly smuggled heroin in his truck from Mexico, for distribution in Washington and Oregon.
Though he was indicted for possession with the intent to…
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