Legal Opinion
Kevin Wright v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1999No. 97-6255PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
In 1992, a jury convicted petitioner-appellant Kevin Wright of conspiring to distribute cocaine base; distributing and possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute; using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; and aiding and abetting the commission of the aforementioned crimes. Wright was subsequently sentenced to 535 months of imprisonment, and we affirmed his conviction and sentence on appeal. See United States v. Wright, 16 F.3d 1429 (6th Cir.1994). Wright thereafter filed a motion to vacate his sentence pursuant to…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- United States v. HernandezDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
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