Legal Opinion
Gilbert Spiller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 2017No. 15-2889PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Gilbert Spiller pled guilty to drug and firearm charges. He later filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing that his counsel was constitutionally ineffective during the plea-bargaining process. The district court denied Spiller’s petition without holding an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
I. Background
On July 13 and 21, 2011, Gilbert Spiller sold a total of 121 grams of crack cocaine for $5,000 to an undercover confidential informant. Spiller later sold a loaded .40 caliber handgun for $500 to the same informant, whom Spiller knew to be a felon who planned to use…
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