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RISHER v. U.S.

No. 92-55274.

992 F.2d 982 (1993)

Richard Carlton RISHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Carlton Risher, pro per, Leavenworth, KS, for petitioner-appellant.

Saul D. Brenner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for respondent-plaintiff-appellee.

Before CANBY, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, District Judge.

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Richard Carlton Risher claims that his counsel's failure to advise him before he pleaded guilty that he might be sentenced under the Sentencing Reform Act constituted ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. The district court rejected the claim and denied his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We reverse and remand to the district court for a determination whether Risher...

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