Legal Opinion
Rockie Lane Hilliard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1998No. 96-6291PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTIN, Chief Judge.
Rockie Lane Hilliard appeals the judgment of the district court denying his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his sentence for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). Hilliard bases his collateral attack of his conviction on his contention that an instruction given to the jury during his trial on the term “use” was erroneous in light of Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995). Although we find that the jury instructions were erroneous, we…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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