Legal Opinion

Godinez v. United States

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided September 12, 2025No. 1:23-cv-04418Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ADAN GODINEZ, ) ) Petitioner, ) Case No. 23 C 4418 ) v. ) ) Judge Jorge L. Alonso UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In February 2018, Petitioner, Adan Godinez, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and discharging a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii). He later moved to withdraw his guilty plea, but, after a hearing, this Court denied the motion. Petitioner was sentenced to…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. Massaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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