United States First Circuit

Where an order, vacating a conviction for use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense, was based on an erroneous finding that plaintiff was victimized by ineffective assistance of counsel during the bench trial leading to the conviction, the conviction is reinstated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2003
• Published 02/13/2003

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, GREENBERG, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dina Michael Chaitowitz, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kent A. Russell for appellee.