United States Eleventh Circuit

The rule that a lawyer who disregards instructions from his client to appeal has acted "in a manner that is professionally unreasonable" and creating a presumption of prejudice applies in a case where a defendant signs a limited waiver of his right to appeal his sentence as part of his plea agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2005
• Published 12/20/2005

Judges

• COX, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, WILSON and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rebecca Bowen Creed (Court-Appointed), Mills & Carlin, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Gomez-Diaz., Todd B. Grandy, Tamra Phipps, Tampa, FL, for U.S.