UNITED STATES v. ORTIZ OLIVERAS

No. 82-1326.

717 F.2d 1 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Andres Carlos ORTIZ OLIVERAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace W. Sherwood, Boston, Mass., for defendant, appellant.

Charles E. Fitzwilliam, with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., and Jose A. Quiles, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's denial of a motion to vacate judgment and sentences pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Appellant Andres Carlos Ortiz Oliveras claims that his sixth amendment rights were violated because of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

In 1975 appellant was charged in two indictments with aiding and abetting two bank robberies in Puerto Rico. He retained Mr. Ortiz Del Riverio as his...

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