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DAWSON v. U.S.

No. 95-2362.

77 F.3d 180 (1996)

Rodney DAWSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1996.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred M. Morelli, Jr. (argued), Aurora, IL, for petitioner-appellant.

K. Tate Chambers, Office of the United States Attorney, Peoria, IL, Estaban F. Sanchez (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for United States of America.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the question of whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to a criminal offense and entered into a stipulated judgment in a parallel civil forfeiture action, and is later sentenced in the criminal action, may challenge that sentence on double jeopardy grounds. The district court held that he could not and thus denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion for habeas corpus. We affirm the...

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