Legal Opinion
Jennings v. United States
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided September 26, 2006No. Civ. Nos. 03-116-GPM. Crim. No. 00-30122-GPMPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence brought by Eugenia Jennings (Doc. 1). For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED.
INTRODUCTION
On October 10, 2000, Eugenia Jennings entered an open plea of guilty to two counts of distributing crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). At the plea hearing, Jennings admitted that in Alton, Illinois, on separate occasions in February 2000 she gave 1.3 grams and 12.6 grams of crack cocaine to a confidential informant working…
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