United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of ineffective assistance of counsel claim for counsel's failure to conduct an evidentiary hearing on sentencing issue relating to leadership enhancement is appropriate where petitioner failed to show prejudice, violation of Sixth Amendment right or error in not holding evidentiary hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2001
• Published 02/15/2001

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry Kennedy, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph T. Walbran, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.