McCoy v. United States

Petitioner-Appellant Tranell McCoy appeals from the district court’s judgment of August 9, 2011, entered pursuant to its ruling and order of August 4, 2011, denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus and issuing a certificate of appealability as to McCoy’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim. In its ruling and order, the district court held, inter alia, that McCoy’s trial counsel was not constitutionally defective for failing to challenge a second offender notice filed by the government, see 21 U.S.C. § 851, which caused the five year mandatory minimum sentence for McCoy’s convictions…