Legal Opinion
Richard Johnson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1987No. 85-1378PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the denial of Richard Johnson’s petition to vacate his sentence requires us to consider in what circumstances a criminal defendant can use 28 U.S.C. § 2255, the federal prisoner’s substitute for habeas corpus, to correct violations of Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. As amended in 1983, Rule 32 requires that the report of the presentence investigation be shown to the defendant personally (not just to his lawyer) before sentencing, so that he can point out any factual inaccuracies to the sentencing judge. Violation of Rule 32 is…
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