Important 1st Circuit Case on Vacating Priors
In Cuevas v. United States, No. 14-1296, the First Circuit reversed a ruling by Judge Stearns that a claim for re-sentencing was not cognizable under 28 U.S.C. 2255. The petitioner had vacated prior state convictions enhancing his federal sentence on the grounds that Annie Dookhan had been involved in the cases. The First Circuit ruled that vacating […]