Legal Opinion

Jones v. United States

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided November 23, 2020No. 3:20-cv-00650Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:19-CR-60-DRL-MGG QUE’LIN JONES, Defendant. OPINION & ORDER Que’lin Jones, proceeding pro se, seeks resentencing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Mr. Jones argues that his lawyer did not have enough time to prepare for his sentencing hearing, his sentence unfairly considered his juvenile history, the sentencing was difficult for the judge, and he did not receive enough of a downward departure in his sentence for assistance. The government responded. The court now denies the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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