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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (Jul y 19, 2012 ) Be fore B ARKETT, H ULL a nd FAY, Ci rcui t Ju dge s. PER C URIAM : De an Drum m ond, a fed era l pri sone r, ap pe al s th e de nia l of h is moti on t o Case: 12-10022 Date Filed: 07/19/2012 Page: 1 of 3va ca

te his se nte nc e file d pu

rsua nt t o 28 U.S.C . § 2 255. 1 Drum m ond co nte nds that his de fens e co unse l wa s c onst itutio na lly ine ffec tiv e unde r Stric kla nd v . W as hin gto n, 46 6 U.S. 6 68 (19 84), i n fa ili ng t o a dvi se him of hi s op tio n to ple ad gui lty wit hout e nte ring i nto a

writt en ple a agree m ent. To e sta bli sh t hat hi s c ouns elprovi de d in effe ct ivea ssi sta nc e, Drum

m ond m ust sho w th at

his c ouns el ’s pe rform an cefel l be low an obj ec tiv e sta

nda rd of rea sona ble ne ss mea sure d by

pre va ili ng p rofes sio na l no rm s, a nd t ha t t his de fic ie nc y prej udi ce d th e de fens e. SeeStric kla nd v . W as hin gto n, 46 6 U.S. 6 68, 6 87-88 (1984). W e ne ed

not de ci de whe the r co unse l pe rform ed de fic ie ntl y

if wec onc lud e that Drum

m ond wa s no t pre

jud ic ed by any a lle ge d de fic ie nc y . Se e id. at 697 . Drum m ond argu es tha

t herec ei ve d in effe ct ivea ssi sta nc e be ca usehe c la im s that no ne of th e thre e de fens e at torne y s who rep res ente d hi m prior t o hi s tri al ad vis ed him of th e opt ion

to ente r an

ope n pl ea

and t he reby be co m e el igiblefor a redu ct ion of hi s se nte nc e for ac cepta nc e of res pons ibi lit

y . How ev er, t

he m ag ist rat e jud gewho pres ide d ov er a n e vid entia

ry he ari ng o n Drum

m ond’ s § 2 255 pe tition found that, e ve n if Drum

m ond ha d be en

a dvi se d of t

he opp ortun ity

to ente r an ope n pl ea , he sti ll woul d ha ve de ci de d to go t o tri al . Them ag ist rat e jud ge ’s 1 Drummond was c onvicted of c onspiring to import coc aine a nd marijuana , conspiringto possess coca ine and marijuana, and posse ssing with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 846, 841(a)(1) . 2

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is supp orte d by

thete sti m ony

of two of Drum

m ond’ s atto rney s, wh o te sti fie d th at

Drum m ond repe at ed ly

e xpre sse d inte res t i n go ingto tria l a nd b el ie ve d that t ria l wa s wort

hwhi le giv en

thele ngt h of hi s po te nti alse nte nc e, e ve n wi th a redu ct ion for ac cepta

nc e of res pons ibi lit

y . More ove r, al tho ugh Drum m ond cl ai m s th at

non e of his atto rney s a dvi se d him of th e oppo rtuni ty

to ente r an

ope n pl ea , oneof hi s de fens e at torne y s te sti fie d that hedid

inform Drum m ond of his proba

blese nte nc e if hee nte red a gui lty ple a, an d th at Drum m ond res pond ed

tha t hewa nte d to go t o tri albe ca

use , e ve n wi th a ple a, these nte nc e woul d betoo lon g.2 The m ag ist rat e jud ge who pres ide d ov er t he he ari ng o n Drum

m ond’ s § 2 255 m oti on fou nd t he de fens e at

torne y ’s ve rsion

of ev ents t o bec redible . W e ac co rd de fere nc e to t his de te rm inatio n, a

nd Drum m ond poi nts to no a ddi tio na l e vid en ceor te sti m ony tha t c al ls t hem ag ist rat e jud ge ’s findi ng i nto que sti on. See De vin e v. Un ite d State s, 52 0 F.3d 1286 , 128 7 (11t h C ir. 2008 ). Ac co rding ly , Drum m ond ha s no t sh own t

ha t a ny la ck of a dvi cefrom

his at torne y s pre

jud ic ed theout co m e of his se nte nc ing . AFFIRM ED

2 R. 3 at 54-55. 3

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