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GRIFFIN v. U.S.

No. 95-1823.

109 F.3d 1217 (1997)

Lou A. GRIFFIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Shoenberger, Bunjoon Park, Law Student (argued), Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Thomas Schneider, Steven Ingraham (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Lou A. Griffin filed this petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 seeking to have his sentence on cocaine and gun charges vacated so that he can be resentenced and thereby take a new appeal. Griffin claims that his attorney's ineffective assistance on his direct appeal prevented him from prosecuting that appeal. Because Griffin's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is potentially meritorious and there is prima facie support...

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