Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Deltoro-Aguilera v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2010No. 08-3783PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1ConcurrenceWollman, Circuit Judge
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Jose Deltoro-Aguilera appeals the denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Deltoro claims his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him that he was eligible for safety valve relief under § 5C1.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. The district court 1 denied his motion, finding that Deltoro’s allegation of ineffective assistance was unsupported by the record and concluding that the claim failed as a matter of law. We affirm.
Following a jury trial in September 1996, Deltoro was convicted…
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