Koons v. United States, No. 09-3025 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseAfter pleading guilty as a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. 922, 924, the defendant moved (28 U.S.C. 2255) to vacate his plea for ineffective assistance of counsel, arguing that his attorney failed to pursue a Fourth Amendment claim that may have warranted suppressing evidence. The district court denied the motion and the Seventh Circuit affirmed. The record unequivocally supported the government’s version of events, that the defendant voluntarily consented to the search, and that the defendant never related his version of events violation to his attorney. Trial counsel met with the defendant 17 times and interviewed all witnesses; the investigation was adequate.
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