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TRAPNELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 66, Docket 82-2025.

725 F.2d 149 (1983)

Garrett Brock TRAPNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Kevin Sheridan, Brooklyn, N.Y., Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y. (Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

William C. Pelster, New York City (Robert L. Hubbard, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Garrett Brock Trapnell appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jacob Mishler, J., denying Trapnell's petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his 10-year old conviction. Appellant argues that the assistance of counsel that he received at the trial was ineffective. Judging counsel's performance by the "reasonably competent assistance" standard, which we adopt in this opinion, we affirm...

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