U.S. v. CASTRO-TAVERAS

No. 14-1879.

841 F.3d 34 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Vincent F. CASTRO-TAVERAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Goldberger , with whom Pamela A. Wilk was on brief, for appellant.

Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Francisco A. Besosa-Martínez , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Barron, Lipez, and Hawkins, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal from a denial of a coram nobis petition, defendant-appellant Vincent F. Castro-Taveras ("Castro") argues that his guilty plea entered more than a decade ago should be vacated because of Fifth and Sixth Amendment violations. Castro asserts that (i) his counsel provided ineffective assistance in erroneously advising...

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