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LOPEZ-NIEVES v. U.S.

No. 89-1905.

917 F.2d 645 (1990)

Jose Valentin LOPEZ-NIEVES, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lydia Lizarribar-Masini, Old San Juan, P.R., for petitioner, appellant.

Juan A. Pedrosa, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for respondent, appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jose Valentin Lopez-Nieves appeals from the denial of his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate and set aside his guilty plea and sentence for a one-count indictment under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Appellant claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that his guilty plea was invalid.

Lopez-Nieves and Juan Robles-Rodriguez were indicted on February 4, 1987, for aiding and...

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