COLE v. U.S.

No. 97-1028.

162 F.3d 957 (1998)

Parrish COLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Chidester (argued), Valparaiso, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Daniel L. Bella, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN; Sharon Johnson, Office of the United States Attorney, Dyer, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ESCHBACH, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Parrish Cole brings this motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, raising an issue of first impression in this circuit: whether his trial counsel was ineffective per se because the counsel had not been admitted to practice in the federal district in which Cole was tried. We conclude that a per se rule is not appropriate here, and affirm.

In 1993, Cole was charged with violating federal...

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