United States First Circuit

Defendant's sentence for aiding and abetting the murder of a policeman is vacated where his counsel was ineffective by not attacking his sentencing enhancement on direct appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2005
• Published 04/15/2005

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and FUSTÉ, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elaine Pourinski for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Germán Rieckehoff, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. García, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres-Pabón, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.