United States v. Thornhill

OPINION AND ORDER

KENNETH M. KARAS, District Judge:

On June 20, 2012, Defendant Mobutu Thornhill (“Defendant”) was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), in a trial before this Court. Defendant now brings this Motion for a New Trial pursuant to Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, alleging that his trial counsel’s ineffectiveness rendered his trial fundamentally unfair, in violation of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. For the reasons given herein, Defendant’s Motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Prior to his…