Rene Rodriguez v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2002-05-21

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MANION, Circuit Judge. In 1994, Rene Rodriguez received a life sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import and distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from Mexico to the United States. Rodriguez moved to have his sentence reviewed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , claiming that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assis…

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