Legal Opinion
United States v. Jeffrey R. Acklen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1995No. 94-40273PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Jeffrey Acklen (Acklen) appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We vacate and remand.
Facts and Proceedings Below
On January 25, 1990, a federal grand jury returned a twelve-count indictment charging Acklen with a variety of drug-trafficking offenses for which Acklen acted primarily as financier. In March 1990, the government agreed to dismiss the indictment in exchange for Acklen’s plea of guilty to a bill of information. The superseding information charged Acklen in count one with conspiracy, from March through…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Clark v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by47 opinions
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