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IN RE FLANNERY

Docket Nos. 97-8210, 96-8212, 95-8208 and 97-8222.

186 F.3d 143 (1999)

In the Matter of Thomas M. FLANNERY, an attorney. In the Matter of Patrick Watts, an attorney. In the Matter of James E. Banagan, an attorney. In the Matter of Harold J. Pokel, an attorney.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 14, 1999.

CORRECTED OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The Sixth Amendment's guarantee of effective assistance of appellate counsel, see Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821 (1985), requires that defense attorneys in criminal cases prosecute appeals vigorously and diligently. See United States v. Gerrity, 804 F.2d 1330, 1331 (7th Cir.1986) (per curiam) ("The [criminal] defendants...

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