Second Circuit Holds Full De Novo Resentencing Hearing Required Based on Partially Successful Habeas Petition Where Resentencing Judge Not Original Judge and Changed Circumstances Plausibly Alleged
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prisoner was entitled to a full de novo resentencing hearing after he filed a successful 28 U.S.C. § 2255 habeas corpus petition vacating some but not all of his convictions. The Court noted that a de …
