Legal Opinion
Charles Larry Jones v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 2000No. 97-8958PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
Charles Larry Jones, a federal prisoner convicted on drug charges, appeals .the denial of his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. As a threshold matter, we rule that we will expand Jones’s certificate of appealability (COA) to include issues beyond those certified by the district court, especially when, as here, we have received a specific request directing us to the particular issue the petitioner wishes to appeal. Because Jones has shown that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to move for suppression of…
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