Winters v. United States, No. 12-1992 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, appealed the district court's order dismissing his post-conviction motion to vacate and set aside the conviction and sentence. The court affirmed the judgment, rejecting defendant's 36 claims of ineffective assistance of pretrial, trial, and appellate counsel. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing defendant's motion without an evidentiary hearing.
Court Description: Habeas Case - motion to vacate. On sole claim that the district court erred in dismissing the motion to vacate raising some 36 claims of ineffective assistance of counsel without an evidentiary hearing, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the claims without an evidentiary hearing based on review of all the claims.
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