Legal Opinion

Casas v. United States

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided December 20, 1999No. 99 C 5700PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Guillermo Casas was convicted by a jury in June 1990 and sentenced by Judge Rovner in December 1990 for conspiring to possess and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it. In July 1994, the Seventh Circuit affirmed his conviction and sentence, see United States v. Nava-Salazar et al., 30 F.3d 788 (7th Cir.1994), and we denied Casas’ Motion for Immediate Deportation in July 1996. Now Casas moves this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his conviction and sentence, arguing that: (1) both his trial and appellate…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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  4. Joseph F. Cada v. Baxter Healthcare CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  5. Fisher v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. PollardDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
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  3. United States v. SimsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
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