Legal Opinion

Roy v. United States

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided March 14, 2024No. 3:19-cv-01154Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT -------------------------------- x : JOHN ROY, : : Civil No. 3:19-cv-01154(AWT) Petitioner, : : v. : : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : : Respondent. : : -------------------------------- x RULING ON MOTION PURSUANT TO

28 U.S.C. § 2255

Petitioner John Roy has filed a motion pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2255

to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence. The petitioner filed the motion pro se but the court subsequently appointed counsel for him. The petitioner claims that when he was resentenced in 2017 the sentence was procedurally incorrect because it was…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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