Legal Opinion
United States v. Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1999No. 97-30522PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Troy A. Lawrence appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and his motion for reconsideration of that denial. We affirm.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Lawrence moved the district court to vacate his conviction and sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Lawrence’s co-defendant at trial, Sylvester Tolliver, filed essentially the same motion several months earlier. The government did not oppose Tolliver’s motion, and the court granted it, vacating…
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