Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 2017No. 15-2508PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.. On November 21, 2011, a jury convicted Datqunn Sawyer of multiple counts of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and attempted sex trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a) and 1594(c). The district court sentenced Sawyer to 50 years in prison.
On September 30, 2014, after his convictions were upheld on appeal, Sawyer filed a timely petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, setting forth eight individual claims for relief. Only one of those—a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel—is relevant to this appeal.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Barbara Payne v. Michael PauleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Anthony Hill v. Daniel M. TangherliniCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- Brian Boulb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Andrew v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2023
- Isaiah Hicks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
- David Day, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
- United States v. DekelaitaDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 2019
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