DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Just before Maria Cabello's trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 began, a lawyer appeared and announced he was there to represent her. He did so, but Cabello was ultimately convicted and sentenced to 121 months in prison. She then brought a collateral attack on her conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, claiming that she had received ineffective assistance of both appellate and trial...
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