By: Derek Hawkins//April 16, 2018//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: LeeAnn Brock-Miller v. United States of America
Case No.: 16-3050
Officials: KANNE, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Plea & Sentencing – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
LeeAnn Brock-Miller pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. She received the agreed-upon sentence of ten years’ imprisonment and eight years of supervised release. She then brought a timely motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to challenge her conviction, asserting ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations. The district court declined to hold a hearing, concluded that counsel’s performance was not deficient and denied the motion. We reverse and remand for a hearing on BrockMiller’s section 2255 motion
Reversed and Remanded