Legal Opinion

Otis Elion v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 24, 2025No. 24-3014Published

1Opinion of the Court

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-3014 OTIS R. ELION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 3:17-cv-01349-JPG — J. Phil Gilbert, Judge. ____________________ ARGUED MAY 22, 2025 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 ____________________ Before BRENNAN, SCUDDER, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges. BRENNAN, Circuit Judge. Otis Elion pleaded guilty to dis- tributing methamphetamine in 2017. The federal district court…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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