United States v. Prout

JOHN J. MCCONNELL, JR., United States District Judge.

Allen Prout has petitioned this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his judgment of conviction, entered after he pled guilty to robbery conspiracy, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He claims that he is entitled to a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel. The Court finds that Mr. Prout's Motion to Vacate lacks merit and thus DENIES his petition.

FACTS

On July 23, 2014, a federal grand jury…