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203662P.pdf 03/16/2022 DeMarko Collins v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-3662
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Arnold and Stras, Circuit Judges]
Prisoner case - Habeas. Defendant's counsel's failure to object to a
sentencing enhancement, based on an Eighth Circuit decision that
controlled the issue at the time of sentencing but was later overruled by
the court en banc [United States v. Swopes, 886 F.3d 668 (8th Cir. 2018],
does not satisfy the prejudice element of an ineffective assistance of
counsel claim under Strickland; denial of Section 2255 relief affirmed.