United States DC Circuit

Defendant's counsel was not constitutionally ineffective under the test set forth in Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. 470 (2000), for allegedly failing to file a notice of appeal from a sentence received after defendant's guilty plea.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2003
• Decided 08/19/2003
• Published 08/19/2003

Judges

• Before:  TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elaine J. Mittleman, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia A. Heffernan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With her on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and S. Elisa Poteat, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.  Barbara J. Valliere, Kenneth W. Cowgill, and Mary-Patrice Brown, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, entered appearances.