Legal Opinion
United States v. Freeman Holman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 2003No. 01-1535PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Freeman Holman, the defendant in this direct appeal, claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because during trial his attorney conceded guilt to one of the four counts he faced. He also alleges that the district judge erred when calculating his sentence. We find that he was not deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel and that no reversible errors were made during his sentencing.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 31, 1999, Holman was arrested on his way to meet Joyce Lawson, a police informant who arranged to meet Holman and…
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