MORALES v. U.S.

Nos. 1044, Docket 96-2872.

143 F.3d 94 (1998)

Michael MORALES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander H. Schwartz, Bridgeport, CT, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Joseph W. Martini, Assistant United States Attorney, Bridgeport, CT (John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT, on the brief), for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, JACOBS and LAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Michael Morales appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Cabranes, J., sitting by designation1), denying his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The motion, filed a year after Morales pled guilty to narcotics and tax charges, contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his lawyer neither filed...

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