Legal Opinion
George Eggleston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1986No. 85-6225PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The defendant, George Eggleston, appeals from denial of a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Defendant alleges his plea was involuntarily entered because (1) his appointed attorney failed to prepare for trial (ineffective assistance of counsel), and (2) his attorney threatened to withdraw from the case if defendant did not plead guilty. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 16, 1981, a federal grand jury returned a sixty-two count indictment charging defendant with three sophisticated fraud schemes involving elaborate tax shelter structures. In May of the same…
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