Legal Opinion

Julian C. Bethel v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 17, 2006No. 04-4108PublishedCited by 99 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Julian C. Bethel pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. He was sentenced to 192 months’ imprisonment. That sentence was based in part on the classification of Bethel as a “career offender” pursuant to § 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”). We affirmed that sentence in an unpublished order, United States v. Bethel, 2003 WL 1545261, 61 Fed.Appx. 302 (7th Cir. March 24, 2003), and Bethel subsequently filed a motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The crux of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by99 opinions

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