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U.S. v. PLACENTE

No. 95-30055.

81 F.3d 555 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Kenneth PLACENTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cristina Walker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Shreveport, LA, Duro Julius Duplechin, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Lafayette, LA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Lafayette, LA, David Kenneth Placente, pro se, Pensacola, FL, for defendant-appellant.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

STEWART, Circuit Judge:

David Kenneth Placente appeals the district court's denial of his motion to vacate, set aside or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Placente claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. His pretrial attorney, Bernard McLaughlin, allegedly operated under an actual conflict of interest in representing both him and his nephew, Robert Braun; and this conflict adversely affected counsel's performance. Placente specifically...

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