Legal Opinion
United States v. Willis
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 2011No. 09-15676PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Charles Willis appeals substantive and procedural aspects of his 151-month sentence. After initially receiving a much longer term of imprisonment, Willis moved to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, raising six claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court found merit in one of those claims — that counsel should have challenged the imposition of a career offender enhancement— and ordered a resentencing hearing to sentence him free of that enhancement. At the resentencing hearing, Willis attempted to challenge other inputs into his sentence —…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- United States v. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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