Frank Cisneros v. United States
HabeasCorpus
Whether an attorney's admitted failure to investigate or present a defendant's affirmative withdrawal from a conspiracy beyond the applicable statute of limitations period as a defense, with no other strategic decision but to. plead guilty, is unreasonable or in conflict with established federal law?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED (1) Whether an attorney's admitted failure to investigate or present a defendant's affirmative withdrawal from a conspiracy beyond the applicable statute of limitations period as a defense, with no other strategic decision but to. plead guilty, is unreasonable or in conflict with established federal law? | (2) Whether an enhancement of a defendant's sentence is based upon | conduct prior to a withdrawal and the statute of limitations period, and results in an additional amount of time in prison, is unreasonable or in conflict with federal law? (3) Whether the courts' denials of an affirmative withdrawal from a conspiracy as a viable defense, after they conceded that withdrawal occurred beyond the applicable statute of limitations period, is unreasonable or conflicts with clearly established federal law? | | | . |