The United States of America v. Robert Edwin Johnson

This is an appeal from an order denying Johnson’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty under Rule 32(d), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and from the denial of his alternate motion to vacate the sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. As grounds for the motions, Johnson claims ineffective assistance of counsel, invalidity of his sentence, and an illegal arrest. As did the district court upon an evidentiary hearing, we find these arguments to be without merit, and accordingly, we affirm the denial of the motion.

Johnson was originally charged, together with a codefendant, in a three-count…