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· 9/22/1998

United States v. Gerald Gordon

Citations

  • 156 F.3d 376
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 23316
  • 1998 WL 647149

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  • holding that sentencing “disparity provides sufficient objective evidence—when combined with a petitioner’s statement concerning his intentions—to support a finding of prejudice under Strickland ”
  • holding that a dis- trict court’s order granting a successful § 2255 petitioner a new trial is immediately appealable
  • holding that sentencing \disparity provides sufficient objective evidence — when combined with a petitioner’s statement concerning his intentions — to support a finding of prejudice under Strickland\
  • holding that disparity between counsel’s description of sentence exposure and actual sentence “provides sufficient objective evidence —when combined with a petitioner’s statement concerning his intentions—to support a finding of prejudice under Strickland ”
  • holding defendant did not receive effective assistance at post-indictment plea negotiations when counsel seriously underestimated his exposure at sentencing
  • finding that the large disparity between actual sentence and sentence that defendant’s counsel represented he would

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Judges: McLaughlin, Parker, Eginton

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