Legal Opinion
Juan Almonacid v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 2007No. 05-4753PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Juan Almonacid was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. The district court imposed a sentence of 235 months’ imprisonment. We affirmed Mr. Almonacid’s conviction on direct appeal. See United, States v. Almonacid, 70 Fed.Appx. 390, 391 (7th Cir.2003). Mr. Almonacid then brought a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 alleging, among other matters, the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The district court denied the petition without an evidentiary hearing. We granted a certificate of…
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