Legal Opinion
United States v. Hall
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 30, 1999No. CIV. JFM-98-835; No. Crim. JFM-96-0331Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MOTZ, Chief Judge.
Tyrone Hall has brought this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Hall pled guilty to a one count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was sentenced as a career offender to 235 months incarceration.
In his § 2255 motion, Hall alleges that his attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel in two respects: (1) by not requiring the government to meet its burden of proof at the sentencing hearing of proving that the substance he possessed was crack cocaine; and (2) fading to move for a downward…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Carland A. Bowser, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Paul Adkins, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Bobby Dale Smith, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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