Legal Opinion

George C. Watson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 21, 1999No. 97-5738PublishedCited by 220 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

George C. Watson, a federal prisoner, appeals a March 19, 1997 District Court order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Because we find that Watson validly waived the right to collaterally attack his sentence in his plea agreement, we affirm the District Court’s judgment.

II. BACKGROUND

On January 30, 1990, Watson pleaded guilty pursuant to a Rule 11 plea agreement to one count of conspiring to sell and distribute methamphetamine during a ten-month period from on or about November 1988 through August 10, 1989.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. United States v. WilkesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  4. United States v. Hubert R. FergusonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Rodolfo Espinoza Abarca, United States of America v. Espinoza Rodolfo AbarcaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993

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