U.S. v. ALAIMALO

No. 00-15859.

313 F.3d 1188 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vaatausili Mark ALAIMALO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karon V. Johnson, Assistant United States Attorney, Hagatna, Guam, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Sarah Courageous, Honolulu, HI, for the defendant-appellant.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, ALARCÓN and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


FISHER, Circuit Judge.

Vaatausili Mark Alaimalo ("Alaimalo") appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the failure of both his trial lawyer and his appellate lawyer to challenge the warrantless entry into his home as being without probable cause constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, in violation of the Sixth Amendment. Because we conclude that the officers had probable cause to believe that a package...

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