Carpenter v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MALCOLM CARPENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 20 C 7359 v. ) ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In August 2017, a jury convicted Malcolm Carpenter on all counts of a three-count federal indictment for bank robbery and two related offenses for the use of a firearm. This court later sentenced Carpenter to 30 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Carpenter now moves to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.…