Jones v. Vacco, No. 96-2839, No. 1331 (2nd Cir.) (126 F.3d 408) (October 2, 1997) (Judge Frank X. Altimari)
Loaded on Nov. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
November 24, 1997
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Strickland Standard.
Limitation on counsel's right to confer with incarcerated defendant/client constitutes a violation of the defendant's constitutional right to counsel.
At the completion of his first day of cross-examination, the petitioner/defendant in this case was ordered by the State court judge not to discuss substantive matters with his attorney …
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