Legal Opinion
Robert J. Paters v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 1998No. 97-2655PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
Robert Paters was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846, and was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment. We affirmed Paters’ conviction and sentence. United States v. Paters, 16 F.3d 188 (7th Cir.1994). He now seeks vacation of his conviction, under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, on the ground that he received ineffective assistance from his attorney during the plea negotiation process. The district court found as a matter of law that Paters could not establish prejudice and denied Paters’…
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