U.S. v. Pettiford, No. 96-1045 (1st Cir.) (101 F.3d 199) (November 25, 1996) (Judge Bailey Aldrich)
Loaded on Jan. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
January 06, 1997
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Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
Case held that the scope of § 2255 appeal permits petitioner to raise other than constitutional and statutory issues - here a challenge to a sentencing enhancement for being an Armed Career Criminal based on a challenged prior conviction.
As this case shows, justice in America sometimes depends …
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