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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 924', '§ 2255', '§ 924', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

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401 F. 3d 758 - Greenup v. United States HomeFederal Reporter, Third Series401 F.3d
401 F3d 758 Greenup v. United States 401 F.3d 758
William Steve GREENUP, Petitioner-Appellant,v.UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 03-6530.
No. 03-6580.
Decided and Filed: March 29, 2005.
ARGUED: Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. William Cohen, Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. William Cohen, Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.
This court affirmed his conviction and sentence on direct appeal. See Greenup I. Greenup then moved to modify his sentence. District Court Judge Haynes denied that motion, and this court affirmed. Greenup then moved pro se to vacate his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 based on the following issues: (1) denial of Greenup's right to bond before trial; (2) ineffective assistance of trial counsel on the basis that trial counsel failed to object to denial of bond, failed to move for dismissal of the indictment because of Greenup's rights under the Constitution and the Speedy Trial Act, failed to challenge Greenup's confessions, failed to interview witnesses before the suppression hearing, failed to give an effective closing argument, admitted Greenup's guilt during sentencing, failed to include all of Greenup's claims on appeal, and required Greenup to represent himself due to the ineffectiveness; (3) Speedy Trial Act issues; and (4) the district court erroneously interpreted 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) to allow double counting of offenses.
Judge Haynes conducted an evidentiary hearing on Greenup's § 2255 motion in which Greenup, Watson, and Edwards testified. Greenup testified that Watson instructed him to sign a waiver of his right to be indicted without explaining the document. He also said he tried to persuade Edwards to raise the issue of his indictment not being issued within 30 days of the complaint, but Edwards did not raise the issue before the district court. Edwards, however, testified that Greenup did not mention this issue to him. Greenup also testified that he tried to persuade Edwards to raise a speedy trial objection because his trial was scheduled more than 70 days after he withdrew his plea, but Edwards refused to raise the issue before the district court because he believed the superceding indictment started a new 70 day clock. Greenup further testified that at sentencing, Edwards refused to argue that a two level enhancement for using a dangerous weapon was improper because it constituted "double counting." Greenup's argument was that he was already being sentenced for having a stun gun in violation of § 924(c), and it was improper for the court to then count the gun against him again by applying the dangerous weapon enhancement. Greenup raised the issue himself at his sentencing, but Judge Higgins did not rule on that specific objection. Greenup requested to proceed with his direct appeal pro se, but Judge Higgins denied his request. Instead, he ordered Edwards to represent Greenup on appeal, and directed Edwards to raise the issues Greenup requested. Greenup sent Edwards a 50 page letter outlining the issues he wanted Edwards to raise on appeal, including his right to a timely indictment, a suppression of a confession, the speedy trial issue, his right to bond and bail, and Judge Higgins' refusal to accept his plea. Edwards, however, only raised four issues on direct appeal: the correctness of the jury instruction regarding attempted kidnaping, the sufficiency of the evidence, whether the district court should have imposed a sentence enhancement under USSG § 2B3.1(b)(4)(A), and whether the district court should have reduced his offence level under USSG § 2X1.1.
After weighing the credibility of the testimony, the district court denied Greenup's § 2255 motion, with the exception that the district court dismissed the attempted kidnaping charge without prejudice. The district court issued a certificate of appealability only as to Greenup's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and denial of his rights to a timely indictment and a speedy trial.
Prior to the district court's order denying Greenup's § 2255 motion, Greenup filed a "Request for Final Disposition or Alternatively, Renewed Motion for Bond." The district court had previously denied his request for bond pending his § 2255 motion, and this court affirmed that denial of bond. See Greenup II. Greenup's renewed motion for bond was based on the fact that the court was taking too long, in his opinion, to render a decision on his § 2255 motion and that the district court should rule on that motion or let him free on bond. At the time Greenup filed his renewed motion for bond, this court had not yet affirmed the district court's original denial of bond.
On November 17, 2003, Greenup filed a "Request for Final Disposition of Renewed Motion for Bond." At that point in the proceedings, the district court had issued its order resolving his § 2255 motion but had not ruled on Greenup's renewed motion for bond. In this latest motion, Greenup requested a bond during the pendency of his appeal. One week later, the district court denied his motion for bond pending appeal "based upon the Sixth Circuit's previous ruling." Greenup appeals that order, and his appeal of the bond issue has been consolidated with his appeal of the § 2255 order.2
In an appeal of a motion to vacate sentence brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, the court reviews the district court's factual findings for clear error and its legal conclusions de novo. Nagi v. United States, 90 F.3d 130, 134 (6th Cir.1996).
Interpretations of the Speedy Trial Act are reviewed de novo. Related factual questions are reviewed for clear error. United States v. Marks, 209 F.3d 577, 586 (6th Cir.2000). Review of a decision whether an indictment sho