Legal Opinion
Brandon v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 2, 2000No. Civ.A. 98-1344-AM. No. Crim. 94-141-APublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ELLIS, District Judge.
The matter is before the Court on petitioner’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Petitioner and three co-defendants were charged in a seven-count indictment with offenses arising out of the prison murder of a fellow inmate at the medium security facility at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections Facility in Lorton, Virginia. The evidence introduced at trial showed' that petitioner and his co-defendants attacked the victim outside of their dormitory. Eyewitness accounts stated that one of the co-defendants…
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