ROUNDTREE v. U.S.

No. 12-3224.

751 F.3d 923 (2014)

Lorenzo ROUNDTREE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick William O'Bryan , argued, Des Moines, IA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Teresa Baumann , Assistant United States Attorney, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BYE, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Lorenzo Dontae Roundtree appeals the denial without a hearing of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, in which he alleged various grounds for a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We granted a certificate of appealability to consider whether the district court was required to conduct an evidentiary hearing in this case and whether Roundtree's trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by not informing Roundtree...

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