Legal Opinion
Gary Brooks v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 24, 2014No. 13-3640PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
In this proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Gary Brooks claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The district court 1 denied Brooks’s petition, and we affirm.
In April 2008, Brooks bought methamphetamine from Laura Gamboa. Officers searched Brooks and his vehicle and found scales, baggies, and 33.97 grams of actual methamphetamine. In a motel room rented by Gamboa and another woman, officers later found 62.28 grams of actual methamphetamine.
Brooks was indicted on two counts: (1) conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of…
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