Legal Opinion
Theodore W. Berkey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2003No. 01-4325PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Theodore W. Ber-key pled guilty to drug conspiracy charges and was sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment. After an unsuccessful direct appeal, Berkey filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court denied the motion and Berkey appeals this ruling. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
In March 1996, police officers executed a warrant to search Theodore Berkey’s home near Tucson, Arizona. The following month, a grand jury in Illinois indicted Berkey on one count of conspiracy to…
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