United States v. Allen J. Caggiano

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Allen Caggiano appeals his jury trial convictions on five counts of violating federal firearms laws under different parts of 18 U.S.C. § 922 and 18 U.S.C. App. II § 1202. The issue on appeal is whether his attorney rendered ineffective assistance because he withdrew motions to suppress the firearms that were the grounds for defendant’s convictions. We reject the ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

I. APPELLATE JURISDICTION

As a preliminary matter, we rule that this appeal is properly before us. Most ineffective assistance claims arise after…