Legal Opinion

Edward Bontkowski v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 19, 1988No. 86-1871, 86-1908PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant, Edward Bontkow-ski, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his two petitions filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.1 Bontkowski sought to vacate his *308convictions based on guilty pleas to two separate and unrelated indictments — one charging him with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of cocaine and a second charging him with aiding and abetting in the misapplication of bank funds. Bont-kowski claims his conviction of the cocaine charge should have been vacated because the court incorrectly sentenced him. He also contends his conviction of the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. United States v. AddonizioSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. MacKey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. Diane Barnickel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  2. United States v. Jonathan Jay PollardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
  3. First National Bank of Cicero v. Lewco Securities Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  4. Phillip D. Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  5. Arthur L. Belford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992

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