United States v. Kenneth Wines

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from the denial of relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The § 2255 motion asserts a claim that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by advising the appellant, Kenneth Earl Wines, not to testify in his federal criminal trial. Because he fails to demonstrate that he was *600prejudiced, Wines has not established a constitutional violation and is not entitled to § 2255 relief. We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.

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We first recount the evidence presented at Wines’s criminal trial at which he was convicted by a jury. We will later deal…