Sharard Collier v. United States

QUESTON NUMBER ONE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to conduct an Evidentiary Hearing regarding Ground One pre-trial ineffective assistance of counsel claim and did the Fifth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court’s decision, thus, did this violate his Sixth Amendment rights of the U.S. Constitution ? QUESTION NUMBER TWO: Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to conduct an Evidentiary Hearing regarding Ground Two by erroneously advising Collier to enter Stipulation in which bounded him to a factual basis drug quantity that effectively resulted in a life sentence and did the Fifth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court’s decision, thus, did this violate his Sixth Amendment rights of the U.S. Constitution ? QUESTION NUMBER THREE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to conduct an Evidentiary Hearing regarding Ground Three as his Guilty Plea was tainted by ineffective assistance of counsel and did the Fifth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court’s decision, thus, did this violate his Sixth Amendment rights of