United States Ninth Circuit

A viable ineffective assistance claim can arise through counsel's alleged failure to effectively assist a defendant awaiting sentence, in willing efforts to cooperate with the government, as a pre-sentencing cooperation period is a critical stage of the criminal process.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2002
• Decided 04/24/2003
• Published 04/24/2003

Judges

• MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge., Before: COWEN,HAWKINS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Landau, Sausalito, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Thomas Muehleck, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.