Marcus Sanders v. United States

Marcus Sanders, a federal pi'isoner serving a life sentence for killing a federal witness, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction. The district court granted a certificate of appealability (COA) only as to whether his trial attorneys acted reasonably by not calling a potential alibi witness, Toni Yancey. Accordingly, we will consider this issue on appeal. Sanders also asserts the district court erred by (1) ruling the issues set forth in Sanders’ amended § 2255 motion did not relate back and were time barred; and (2) ruling the cumulative…