Johnson v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 2003-08-05

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BLACK, Circuit Judge: This case allows us to clarify the time limits in cases where career offenders indi *1221 rectly attack their federal sentences by first collaterally attacking their prior state convictions. Federal prisoner Robert Johnson brought such an indirect attack on his federal sentence, and he now appeals the district court’s denial of his § 2255 petiti…

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