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· 10/28/1994

United States v. William Charles Jenkins

Citations

  • 38 F.3d 1143
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 30361
  • 1994 WL 588625

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  • holding that a district court does not have jurisdictional authority to grant credit for time served
  • holding that a district court does not have jurisdictional authority to 2 Case: 19-30406 Document: 00515397463 Page: 3 Date Filed: 04/28/2020 No. 19-30406 grant credit for time served
  • explaining that “credit awards must be made by the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Prisons, after sentencing”
  • rejecting defendant's position as \ignor[ing] the Supreme Court's unequivocal statement in Wilson that a district court does not have the authority to grant a sentence credit at sentencing\
  • rejecting ineffective assistance of counsel claims that are merely conclusory in nature and without supporting factual averments
  • rejecting ineffective assistance of counsel claims that are merely conclusory in nature and without supporting factual averments

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Judges: Baldock, Ebel, Brown

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