Legal Opinion

Jones v. United States

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided April 15, 2021No. 3:15-cv-01025Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JIMMY A. JONES, Petitioner, vs. Case No.: 3:15-cv-1025-MMH-JRK 3:09-cr-15-MMH-JRK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. ___________________________________/ ORDER This case is before the Court on Petitioner Jimmy A. Jones’s pro se Motion Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (Civ. Doc. 1; § 2255 Motion).1 Jones raises three claims: (1) that his enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) is unlawful in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. United…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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