WILLIAMS v. U.S.

No. 96-1566.

98 F.3d 1052 (1996)

Robert Rydell WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied November 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Tilsen, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Paulsen, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, BEAM and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied November 22, 1996.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Federal inmate Robert Rydell Williams appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion for post-conviction relief. Williams argues that his 1988 conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) must be set aside because jury instructions on the statutory phrase "uses ... a firearm" were contrary to Bailey v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct....

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