Legal Opinion
Peters v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 26, 1990No. 88 CV 2917PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Petitioner, pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate an illegal sentence. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.
FACTS
On September 30, 1987 petitioner pled guilty to a one-count superseding criminal information charging him with importing more than one hundred grams of heroin. 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(b)(2)(A). On November 10, 1987, petitioner was sentenced to a five-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by four years supervised release.
Petitioner now moves to…
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- United States v. Larry W. McMahonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991