United States v. Spight

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DONOVAN W. FRANK, United States District Judge

INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court on Petitioner-Defendant Jamillo Donte Spight’s (“Petitioner-Defendant”) motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Doc. No. 119) in which he alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective because: (1) he did not present DNA evidence in the case connecting him to the firearm in question; and (2) he did not pursue gunshot-residue testing. The Petitioner-Defendant also alleges that his appellate counsel was ineffective because appellate counsel: (1) failed to pursue a Johnson…