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U.S. v. MORRIS

No. 17-6709.

917 F.3d 818 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven Lavonne MORRIS, a/k/a Worm, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kyle Russell Hosmer , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel Cooke , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: R. Trent Taylor , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Diaz joined.

Steven Lavonne Morris was sentenced as a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines, based in part on a prior Virginia conviction for attempted abduction. Morris now seeks relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing that his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to use of that conviction as a predicate...

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