SHEPECK v. UNITED STATES

No. 98-9079.

150 F.3d 800 (1998)

Gregory M. SHEPECK, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Shepeck (submitted on briefs), Oxford, WI, for Petitioner.

Michelle A. Leslie, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Respondent.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Gregory Shepeck's trial attorney abandoned him after sentence was imposed. Shepeck asked the attorney to prosecute an appeal; the attorney did nothing. Abandonment is a violation of the sixth amendment, and the defendant is entitled as a remedy to the vacatur and reentry of judgment so that a direct appeal may be prosecuted. Castellanos v. United States, 26 F.3d 717 (7th Cir. 1994). Shepeck filed a motion under...

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