Legal Opinion

Beard-Hawkins v. United States

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided March 27, 2020No. 3:17-cv-01058Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DELENTHEGIA BEARD-HAWKINS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 17-CV-1058-SMY ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER YANDLE, District Judge: Petitioner Delenthegia Beard-Hawkins moves to vacate, set aside, or correct her sentence under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(Doc. 7). She claims her trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to a four-level enhancement of her Guidelines base offense level for trafficking of firearms (Ground 1) and failing to object to a two-level enhancement for an altered…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Maleng v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Byron Blake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013

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