Legal Opinion
Monroe Johnson III v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1999No. 97-2519PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Following his plea of guilty to distributing cocaine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to that crime, Monroe Johnson was sentenced to 130 months’ imprisonment. He did not appeal. In May 1994, about a year after imposing sentence, the district judge took ten months off on the prosecutor’s motion under Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b). In December 1995 Johnson, represented by counsel, filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 seeking relief on four grounds; a few months later counsel added a fifth, based on Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133…
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