Billie Jerome Allen is a black man who
has been sentenced to death by they Federal Government. He currently
reside at USP Terre Haute.
Crime.
He was convicted and sentenced to death
for his involvement in an armed bank robbery during which a bank
guard was killed (Co-defendant of Norris Holder)
His appeal includes: Billie Jerome Allen was convicted on two charges arising from an armed bank robbery that resulted in the death of a bank security guard, and he was sentenced to death. He later moved to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on several grounds. The district court 1 denied Allen's motion. We granted a certificate of appealability on one question: Whether Allen was denied effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to object to the empaneling of an anonymous jury. We conclude that counsel's failure to argue for an extension of the law to forbid the jury procedures in Allen's case did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, and we therefore affirm.
His appeal includes: Billie Jerome Allen was convicted on two charges arising from an armed bank robbery that resulted in the death of a bank security guard, and he was sentenced to death. He later moved to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on several grounds. The district court 1 denied Allen's motion. We granted a certificate of appealability on one question: Whether Allen was denied effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to object to the empaneling of an anonymous jury. We conclude that counsel's failure to argue for an extension of the law to forbid the jury procedures in Allen's case did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, and we therefore affirm.
Address
Billie Jerome Allen 26901-044
USP Terre Haute
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PO BOX 33
TERRE HAUTEIN 47808
TERRE HAUTEIN 47808
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