Legal Opinion
United States v. White
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 23, 2002No. 00-11392PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Kevin White appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition challenging his 1996 cocaine conspiracy sentence. We affirm.
White argues that his attorney failed to challenge the quantity of drugs used in sentencing him and allowed him to be sentenced under a different statute than the one named in the indictment, thus constituting ineffective assistance of counsel. He further argues that this ineffective assistance justifies resentencing despite the otherwise valid waiver of appeal contained in his plea agreement. Because ineffective assistance of…
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