UNITED STATES v. AUGUSTIN

No. 20-5454.

16 F.4th 227 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abraham A. AUGUSTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: J. Nicholas Bostic , Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Samuel R. Fitzpatrick , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: ROGERS, GRIFFIN, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In a drug deal gone wrong, Abraham Augustin kidnapped the middleman at gunpoint and—after he was rescued— tried to hire a hitman to murder him and two other witnesses. A jury convicted Augustin of eight charges. More than a decade later, Augustin sought postconviction relief, arguing that one...

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