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U.S. v. RIVERA-GONZALEZ

No. 08-2142.

626 F.3d 639 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose E. RIVERA-GONZALEZ, a/k/a Geno, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jedrick H. Burgos-Amador , for appellant.

Germán A. Rieckehoff , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, BALDOCK and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant José E. Rivera-Gonzalez pled guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine in a Coamo, Puerto Rico, housing project. Having three times moved unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea, he now challenges his conviction and sentence, contending that: (1) his plea was not knowing and voluntary because he relied on a contradictory and ambiguous plea agreement; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to...

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