Legal Opinion

Steve Paul Wilson, A/K/A Mike L. Wilson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 10, 1992No. 90-8802PublishedCited by 226 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Wilson, with the aid of retained counsel, entered a guilty plea on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 400 grams of cocaine, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Wilson then filed the instant motion to vacate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Wilson argues on appeal that the court erred in summarily denying his petition, and that his counsel was ineffective.

A defendant who enters a plea of guilty waives all nonjurisdictional challenges to the constitutionality of the conviction, and only an attack on the voluntary and knowing nature of the plea…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. BroceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. William Middleton, Cross-Appellant v. Richard L. Dugger, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  3. Ronald Wayne Bradbury v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. United States v. Gerald Donald Cross and Dwane Heaton, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Armando Garcia and Leonardo SorzanoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by226 opinions

  1. Edward Dell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  2. United States v. De La GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. Titus BatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  4. Charles Larry Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996

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