United States v. Hawkins, No. 11-6002 (10th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePro se Prisoner Richard Hawkins sought a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to set aside or correct his sentence. In 2009, a grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against Defendant. He entered a plea agreement, which contained a waiver of his right to appeal or collaterally attack the plea, conviction or sentence. At sentencing, his counsel unsuccessfully moved to set aside the plea agreement. On appeal to the Tenth Circuit, Defendant argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, and, due to his ineffective assistance, the plea was involuntary. Upon review, the Tenth Circuit found that Defendant failed to make the requisite showing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, the Court denied a COA and dismissed Defendant's appeal.
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