Legal Opinion
United States v. Garrett Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2014No. 12-3350PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Garrett Smith pleaded guilty to a charge that he possessed with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and the district court ordered him to serve a prison term of 168 months. Despite having expressly waived his right to appeal the sentence in his written plea agreement, Smith nonetheless has appealed, contending that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed to challenge the district court’s finding that he was a career offender. Smith urges us to overlook the waiver on the…
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