Legal Opinion
Timothy Melton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 2004No. 03-3903PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Timothy Melton pleaded guilty in 1995 to drug offenses and, in exchange for cooperation, received a sentence of 216 months’ imprisonment, or 90% of the statutory minimum that would have applied in the absence of a favorable recommendation by the prosecutor. More than a year later (and more than a year after the Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 took effect), Melton filed a collateral attack under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, contending that he would have received a lower sentence had his lawyer done a better job. The court recruited an attorney to assist…
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