U.S. v. Morris, No. 04-7889 (4th Cir.) (429 F.3d 65) (November 7, 2005) (Judge Dennis W. Shedd)
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Defendant sought review of a decision of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Spartanburg, which denied defendant's request for relief from her conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C.S. § 2255. Defendant asserted that her sentence was unconstitutional after the United States Supreme Court ...
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