United States v. Torrance Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. JUDGE NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge KING wrote a separate opinion dissenting in part and concurring in the judgment in part.
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Torrance Jones was convicted in 1996 on federal cocaine trafficking charges and sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment. His sentence was enhanced by, among other things, two prior Florida state court convictions. Following his sentencing and appeal, Jones filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in October 2000 for post-conviction relief, which the district court denied. We dismissed…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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