U.S. v. GORDON

Criminal No. 92-386. Civil Action No. 97-2757.

979 F.Supp. 337 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jeffrey Paul GORDON. Jeffrey Paul GORDON v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ewald Zittlau, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, PA, for U.S.

Jeffrey M. Lindy, Philadelphia, PA, for Jeffrey Paul Gordon.


MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

After five years of reflection, Jeffrey Paul Gordon has reconsidered the wisdom of his pressing his claims of innocence upon the jury that convicted him. Specifically, Gordon now finds constitutional fault in his trial counsel's failure to urge upon him a non-trial disposition of his case.

Because Gordon's contention is, as far as we can tell, unprecedented in this or any other Circuit, we will address it...

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