Legal Opinion
Ernest Young v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1997No. 97-1518PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1994 Ernest Young pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine, to possessing a firearm despite a prior felony conviction, and to carrying a gun during and in relation to a drug offense. Two years later, he filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, asking the judge to vacate the third of these convictions, on the ground that Bailey v. United States, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995), revamps the understanding of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The district court denied the petition after concluding that the acts to which Young admitted violate the statute as it is…
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