United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff who alleged ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney prevented him from testifying in his own defense is entitled to an evidentiary hearing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/26/2000
• Decided 05/04/2001
• Published 05/04/2001

Judges

• WINTER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  OAKES, WINTER, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Monica R. Jacobson, Alvy & Jacobson, New York, New York, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret Giordano, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York (Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Emily Berger, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.