Legal Opinion
United States v. Smith
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 4, 1999No. CRIM.A.2:93CR162-11, No. CIV. A. 2:97CV411-2PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DOUMAR, District Judge.
Petitioner, Kemba Niambi Smith (hereinafter “Smith”), has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In her petition, Smith alleges the following: (1) her guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary; (2) the government breached the terms of her plea agreement; (3) her sentence was unlawful and excessive; (4) her sentence is illegal because it is based upon an unconstitutional distinction between crack cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride; (5) she received ineffective assistance of counsel; and (6) her defense lawyers were laboring under a…
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