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· 4/6/2000

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guadalupe CHACON-PALOMARES, Defendant-Appellant

Citations

  • 208 F.3d 1157
  • 2000 WL 350565

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • remanding a § 2255 action for an evidentiary hearing where counsel allegedly underestimated defendant’s sentence by 102 months and the court was confronted with conflicting affidavits
  • remanding for an evidentiary hearing where counsel allegedly advised Chacon-Palomares he faced a maximum prison sentence of six months, and he was sentenced to 108 months
  • “[T]he expansion of the record introduced evidentiary support for Defendant’s claims from two new witnesses, which only increased the need for a hearing.”

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Judges: Goodwin, Graber, Fisher

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