United States v. Antwaun Winbush
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz and Judge Harris joined.
1Opinion of the Court
GREGORY, Chief Judge:
This appeal stems from the district court's dismissal of Antwaun Winbush's petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . Winbush brought a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel based on his counsel's failure to challenge his designation as a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court found that one of the predicate offenses identified by the State did not qualify as a crime of violence and thus could not support a career offender designation. The district court nevertheless found no prejudice from counsel's error, because…
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