Legal Opinion
United States v. Edgar Sterling Lemaster
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2005No. 04-6448PublishedCited by 334 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge TRAXLER joined.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Edgar Sterling Lemaster pleaded guilty to mail fraud under 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341 (West 2000) and was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment. In his written plea agreement, Lemaster waived his right to attack his conviction and sentence collaterally. Nonetheless, Lemaster filed a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2004) alleging that his counsel was constitutionally ineffective. The district court summarily concluded that Lemaster had knowingly…
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