Legal Opinion
Robert Ford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2019No. 17-2206PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Chief Judge.
On July 19, 2012, a jury found Robert Ford guilty of kidnapping but acquitted him on the charge of sexual abuse of an incapacitated person. The district court 1 then sentenced Ford to 36 months' imprisonment. Ford appealed that conviction, and we affirmed. See United States v. Ford , 726 F.3d 1028 , 1029 (8th Cir. 2013). Ford then moved to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence in the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . Ford claimed ineffective assistance of counsel based on his counsel's alleged failure to impeach his accuser's credibility. The district court denied…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Dennis Laverne English v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Alejandro J. VillalpandoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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