Legal Opinion
Rene Rodriguez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 2002No. 00-3242PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In 1994, Rene Rodriguez received a life sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import and distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from Mexico to the United States. Rodriguez moved to have his sentence reviewed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, claiming that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. The district court denied Rodriguez’s § 2255 application and he then filed a motion to amend the judgment. While this motion was pending, Rodriguez filed a motion to amend his habeas pleadings to include a claim under Apprendi v. New…
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