United States v. Eric Johnson

OPINION *

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Eric Johnson, while represented by an Assistant Federal Public Defender (“AFPD”), Thomas Thornton, pled guilty to drug-related offenses on July 16, 2013. He later sought to withdraw his guilty plea, but that motion was denied. He was sentenced to 200 months’ imprisonment. He now argues that his conviction should be overturned because of ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons discussed below, we will affirm the conviction and sentence.

I

The operative charging document was a superseding information that charged Johnson with one count of…