Percy William Fields v. United States

CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Percy William Fields, appeals the denial of a motion to vacate his sentence, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which followed his guilty plea and conviction for carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

I

On September 9, 1988, detectives of the Cleveland Police Department observed the petitioner, Percy William Fields, attempting to sell drugs. When Fields saw the officers coming toward him, he fled and the officers…