United States Eleventh Circuit

In a wire fraud matter, the denial of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed, where Petitioner claimed that his counsel performed ineffectively on appeal by failing to challenge Petitioner's sentencing enhancement for abuse of trust, but it was reasonable for counsel to focus on stronger arguments on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2009
• Published 05/07/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before BLACK, MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gerald Payne, Rochester, MN, pro se., Susan Hollis Rothstein-Youakim, Tampa, FL, for U.S.