Aaron D. Jamison v. United States

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the “second and successive” language added to the habeas statute by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-182, §§ 105-06, 110 Stat. 1214, 1220-21 (1996) (codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244, 2255). Aaron Jamison was indicted for possessing, and conspiring to possess, crack cocaine with intent to distribute. 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1988); 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B), 846 (1988 & Supp. V 1993). On May 19, 1994, Jamison and a co-defendant were convicted by a jury on both counts. Thereafter, Jamison’s trial counsel withdrew and…