LEMA v. U.S.

No. 92-2087.

987 F.2d 48 (1993)

Charles D. LEMA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Dilworth, Falmouth, ME, for petitioner, appellant.

F. Mark Terison, Portland, ME, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Richard S. Cohen, Washington, D.C., U.S. Atty., was on brief, for respondent, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and CYR, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Charles Donald Lema, convicted of various drug charges, appeals the dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Lema asserts that his attorney was ineffective, his trial was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct, and his sentencing proceeding was infected by factual error. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

In 1989, following a federal undercover operation, Lema was indicted on two counts of conspiring...

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