Legal Opinion
Scott Weldon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2016No. 15-1994PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant pleaded guilty to having distributed an illegal drug, resulting in a death. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). Bécaúse he agreed to cooperate with the government in the prosecution of another person who had contributed to the death, he received a prison sentence of only eight years. Three years later he filed a motion to vacate his conviction and sentence on the principal ground (and the only we need discuss) that his lawyer had rendered ineffective assistance by persuading him to plead guilty because (according to the lawyer), the defendant had no…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- United States v. Wendell LayneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. RushCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Walter Swiderski and Maritza De Los SantosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- United States v. Marcus ThorntonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
- United States v. ColsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
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