Turner v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION DAVID C. TURNER, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 18-cv-1382-JES ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) ORDER AND OPINION This cause is before the Court on Petitioner David C. Turner’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(Doc. 1). Turner pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child pornography and claims his attorney provided ineffective assistance at sentencing when defense counsel failed to present mitigating evidence to counter the prosecution’s portrayal of him as a…