Legal Opinion
Gregory Shell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 2006No. 04-3890PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Gregory Shell is serving a term of life imprisonment after being convicted for his leadership role in the Gangster Disciples. The government obtained overwhelming evidence against Shell by monitoring his conversations with Larry Hoover, the chieftain of the Gangster Disciples, who was serving time in prison for murder. Shell filed a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which the district court denied. We granted a certificate of appeala-bility on the issue of whether Shell’s counsel was constitutionally ineffective for not raising certain challenges at his trial. We…
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