United States v. Samuel Nichols

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 19-2266 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAMUEL NICHOLS, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:15-cr-00756-1 — Virginia M. Kendall, Judge. ____________________ ARGUED JANUARY 18, 2023 — DECIDED AUGUST 8, 2023 ____________________ Before SCUDDER, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges. KIRSCH, Circuit Judge. The Sixth Amendment guarantees defendants the effective assistance of…