Legal Opinion

Brown v. United States

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided January 4, 2021No. 3:17-cv-00529Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION CEDRIC LAVAR BROWN1, Petitioner, vs. Case No.: 3:17-cv-529-J-32JRK 3:14-cr-101-J-32JRK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. / ORDER This case is before the Court on Petitioner Cedric Lavar Brown’s Motion Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (Civ. Doc. 1) and Motion to Supplement (Civ. Doc. 5).2 In the § 2255 Motion, Petitioner alleges that the Court wrongly sentenced him under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), and that appellate counsel gave ineffective assistance.…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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