BROWN v. U.S.

Docket No. 98-2155.

167 F.3d 109 (1999)

James BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Weinstein, New York, New York, for Petitioner-Appellant,

William B. Darrow, Assistant United States Attorney, Burlington, Vermont (Charles R. Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, David V. Kirby, Chief, Criminal Division, Burlington, Vermont on the brief), for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: KEARSE, WALKER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner James Brown, convicted of various narcotics and firearms offenses following a jury trial before Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Judge, appeals from so much of an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, William K. Sessions III, Judge, as denied his motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his conviction on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when the attorney...

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