Jackson v. United States

The petitioner, Darry Jackson, appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to vacate sentence, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The motion was based *383on Jackson’s claim that his conviction was invalid because he had received the ineffective assistance of counsel both at trial and on appeal, as well as a claim that his sentence had been imposed in violation of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). The district court denied relief, holding that the petitioner had waived his claim that his trial attorney was…