Legal Opinion
United States v. Hawkins
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided March 25, 1997No. 5:79-cr-50007PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
FOREMAN, District Judge:
Before the Court is defendant’s Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody. After careful review, the Court concludes that defendant is not entitled to relief and that the motion must be denied.
I. Background.
Defendant is currently serving a thirty-five year federal sentence pursuant to a 1992 conviction entered in Case No. 90-30067-WDS. Prior to this 1992 conviction, defendant pleaded guilty in 1979 to federal charges of concealing stolen goods. (See Cáse No. 79-5(X)07-JLF, Judgement and…
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