SOTO v. U.S.

No. 91-1757.

37 F.3d 252 (1994)

Romeo SOTO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Shoenberger, Frank Gagliardi, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for petitioner-appellant.

John E. Fryatt, Nancy-Ellen Zusman (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, WI, for respondent-appellee.

Before ALARCON, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In 1989 Romeo Soto pled guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute over one thousand kilograms of marijuana and was sentenced to a ten-year mandatory term. Soto did not pursue a direct appeal of his conviction or sentence. Instead, over a year later, he returned pro se to the district court and moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, that his conviction and sentence be vacated, alleging (1) that his court-appointed...

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