Legal Opinion
Willie P. Coleman, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2003No. 02-1240, 02-1508PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*756BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Willie P. Coleman, Jr. appeals the district court’s order denying his § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. He argues that his guilty pleas were not intelligently and voluntarily entered as a consequence of the ineffective assistance of his counsel. Because we believe Coleman received effective assistance of counsel throughout the proceedings and intelligently and voluntarily entered his guilty pleas, we affirm the sentence imposed below.
I. BACKGROUND
Willie Coleman was indicted on April 8, 1997, after the government recovered…
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