Willie Edwards, Jr. v. United States

Some years ago, Willie Edwards was charged and convicted on one count of conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), and another count of using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of heroin and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). He was sentenced to 324 months’ imprisonment on the first count and, concurrently, 96 months on the second. This court affirmed both the convictions and sentences on direct appeal, in United States v. Edwards, 115 F.3d 1322 (7th Cir.1997). Like many others before him, Edwards has now filed a motion…