Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilkes
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1994No. 93-08022PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Per curiam
The district court rejected Julius Wilkes’s motion to vacate, correct, or set aside his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Finding no error, we affirm.
I
In September 1991, with Wilkes’s written consent, two police officers in Waco searched his car and found four ounces of “crack” cocaine and $2295. Wilkes was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
In January 1992, Wilkes pled guilty to a superseding information for possession of “crack” cocaine with intent to distribute. At the hearing, he was represented by an…
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