Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1997No. 96-3103PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from the District Court’s order granting Peter Nelson’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994) to vacate his conviction and sentence. We reverse and remand.
In 1992, Nelson pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1988), and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (Supp. Ill 1991). He was sentenced to a total of sixty-four months’ imprisonment, four months on the marijuana count and sixty months on the…
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