Smith v. United State of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION RODRECUS SMITH , ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:20-cv-00791 ) (Crim. Case No. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) 3:15-cr-00147-3) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Three days into his trial on charges relating to a Hobbs Act robbery and the resultant murder of Mario McKnight, Rodrecus Smith pled guilty to all of the charges against him in the Third Superseding Indictment (Doc. No. 570). Contending primarily that his trial lawyers were ineffective in many ways because, among other things, they: (1) did not understand or…