Legal Opinion

Velleff v. United States

District Court, E.D. Illinois

Decided April 20, 2018No. Case No. 16 CV 6337; Criminal Case No. 02 CR 398PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow

Randy D. Velleff moves to vacate his conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Dkt. 1.)1 On July 10, 2003, a jury found Velleff guilty of conspiracy to commit a robbery affecting interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act conspiracy) (count 1); conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (count 2); possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence (specifically identified as Hobbs Act conspiracy as laid out in count 1) in violation of 18…

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