Cook v. United States

DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MS SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DATE FILED:_11/17/20 John William Cook, Jr., Petitioner, 13-cr-777-1 (AJN) —Vv— 18-cv-4271 (AJN) United States, OPINION & ORDER Respondent. ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: In 2014, a jury convicted Defendant John Cook of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine and possession of a firearm in connection with a narcotics offense. Cook now brings a petition for habeas corpus challenging his conviction on several grounds. He primarily contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel before…