Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Lloyd Craycraft
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1999No. 97-3473PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGUE, Senior District Judge.
Michael Lloyd Craycraft, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, appeals from the dismissal of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence and from the rejection of various ineffective assistance of counsel arguments. We affirm.
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Background
On August 31,1993, Craycraft, pursuant to a plea agreement, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. 21 U.S.C. § 846. He faced a mandatory term of 10 years imprisonment, but the plea agreement spoke to the possibility of a sentence reduction if Craycraft substantially…
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