Legal Opinion
Koons v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 2011No. 09-3025PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Andrew Koons pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). He petitions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel, arguing that his trial counsel failed to pursue a potential Fourth Amendment claim that may have warranted suppressing significant evidence against him. In the alternative, Koons requests an evidentiary hearing to evaluate his ineffective assistance claim. The district court denied Koons’s motion. We affirm.
I. Background
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