Legal Opinion

Earl Freeman v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 1, 2015No. 14-3436Unpublished

1Per curiam

Earl William Freeman appeals after the district court 1 denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion and granted a certificate of appeal-ability. After careful review, this court affirms. See United States v. Luke, 686 F.3d 600, 604 (8th Cir.2012) (standard of review).

In March 2011, Freeman pled guilty to conspiring to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 240 months in prison in May 2012. In April 2013, he filed a section 2255 motion, in which he alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress evidence. Relying on United States v.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. United States v. KaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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