Legal Opinion
John Alvin Payne v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1996No. 95-1989EMPublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
John Alvin Payne was convicted under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute (“CCE”), 21 U.S.C. § 848, and is serving a 50-year sentence with no chance of parole for his managerial role in an interstate cocaine-distribution conspiracy. He was also convicted and sentenced for several other related drug crimes. 1 He filed a motion for postconviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, claiming that his trial lawyer was unconstitutionally ineffective. The District Court 2 rejected all but one of Mr. Payne’s ineffective-assistance claims without an evidentiary hearing…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. HilandCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Michael E. Jones, United States of America v. Ralph Milton PfeisterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by106 opinions
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- Wilburn L. Henderson v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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