Legal Opinion
United States v. Blount
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 22, 1997No. 2:95-mc-00003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
We have before us Mr. Blount’s Motion Under § 2255 to Vacate, “Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody.” Petitioner, a former prison guard at the Lehigh County Prison in Allentown, was indicted by a grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana, Distribution of Marijuana Within 1000 Feet of a School Zone, and Distribution of Marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 860(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(D) respectively. The government accused Mr. Blount of being part of a conspiracy headed by Charles…
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