Legal Opinion
Watson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2007No. 06-3104PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Watson pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1) and was sentenced to 87 months. Watson later filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or modify his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing among other things that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed to file a notice of appeal as instructed. The district court denied his petition without a hearing, and Watson appeals. We remand for further proceedings.
Watson and several codefendants were each indicted on one count of conspiracy…
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