Legal Opinion
Fred Dowell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 2012No. 10-2912PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Fred Dowell signed a plea agreement that specifically reserved his right to appeal “career offender” designation if the district court found him to be one at sentencing. After the court made this designation, Dowell claims that he then directed his attorney to file a notice of appeal to contest whether he was a career offender. However, his counsel did not file the notice of appeal. So Dowell filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion asserting that his counsel’s failure to file the directed appeal constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. The government opposed the motion,…
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