United States v. Stanley Baptiste

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant Stanley Baptiste was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) following a jury trial in 1991. In January, 1992 he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 240 months, and we thereafter affirmed the judgment of conviction and sentence.

On April 28, 1997, Baptiste filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He claimed that the evidence of his alleged leadership role in the drug…