U.S. v. JONES

No. 12-7675.

758 F.3d 579 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Torrance JONES, a/k/a Tube, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Coreen Mao , University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Shailika K. Shah , Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stephen L. Braga , Kevin Cope , Benjamin Hayes , Third Year Law Student, Caroline Schmidt , Third Year Law Student, Appellate Litigation Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas G. Walker , United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. JUDGE NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge KING wrote a separate opinion dissenting in part and concurring in the judgment in part.


NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Torrance Jones was convicted in 1996 on federal cocaine trafficking charges and sentenced to 360 months' imprisonment. His sentence was enhanced by, among other things, two prior Florida state court convictions. Following his sentencing and appeal, Jones filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in October 2000 for post-conviction relief, which the district court denied. We dismissed Jones's subsequent appeal.

Thereafter, Jones challenged...

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