The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Tuck, 106 F.3d 411 (9th Cir. 1997):
Tuck contends that: (1) his sentence was improperly calculated because the government failed to prove that the substance he possessed was d-methamphetamine as opposed to l-methamphetamine and (2) that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the issue at sentencing. These contentions are foreclosed by United States v. McMullen, 98 F.3d 1155, 1157-58 (9th Cir.1996) (holding that defendants cannot raise d-meth/l-meth claim for the first time in a section 2255 motion and concluding that trial counsel's failure to pursue the issue at sentencing did not fall below an objective standard of reasonableness). 1
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