UNITED STATES v. GRIFFIN

No. 84-1878.

765 F.2d 677 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James M. GRIFFIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Associate Professor, Southern Ill. University, Carbondale, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ESCHBACH and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, Senior District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

James M. Griffin appeals the district court's denial of his petition to vacate or set aside his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.

I.

On April 20, 1973, Griffin was arrested in Collinsville, Illinois, by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration. At the time of his arrest, Griffin was approximately 30 yards away from his car and was carrying 20 grams of cocaine in his pants pocket. In a search of his...

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