United States Eighth Circuit

In a firearm possession prosecution, denial of defendant's motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2255 to vacate her sentence based on ineffective assistance of counsel is affirmed where, under the state of the law at the time of sentencing, defendant's counsel simply withdrew objections that had no legal support.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2009
• Published 09/11/2009

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• G. Michael Baker, Springfield, MO, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth A. Murray, Spec. Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, argued (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., Philip M. Koppe, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.