Legal Opinion
Winchester v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 6, 2007No. Criminal Action No. 00-0252-19 (RMU), Civil Action No. 04-1241PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
URBINA, District Judge.
Denying the Petitioner’s Motion to Ya-Cate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255
I. INTRODUCTION
On February 12, 2002, the petitioner, Tyrone Winchester, pled guilty to unlawful distribution of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(c). The court sentenced the petitioner to 144 months of incarceration on June 3, 2002. On July 20, 2004, the petitioner filed the instant motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing that his sentence violates his Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury as understood in the…
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