Legal Opinion

United States v. Chammas

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 19, 2018No. Criminal No. 2016-0171Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Case No. 16-cr-00171 (CRC) LABIB CHAMMAS, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION In October 2016, Labib Chammas pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2244(a)(2). The Court subsequently sentenced Chammas to a term of 30 months of incarceration followed by five years of supervised release. Currently before the Court is Chammas’s pro se motion to vacate both his conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Chammas asserts that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010

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