Legal Opinion
United States v. Raymond Surratt, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2015No. 14-6851PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion.
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
In 2005, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to'distribute cocaine, Raymond Surratt was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed his conviction and sentence on appeal, and Surratt’s motion to vacate his conviction and sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was likewise denied. Neither Sur-ratt’s direct appeal nor his § 2255 motion questioned the legality of his mandatory life sentence.
Several years later, Surratt returned to this…
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