Jeffrey Townsend v. United States

967 F.2d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jeffrey TOWNSEND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-15817. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 26, 1992. * Decided June 4, 1992. Before FARRIS, DAVID R. THOMPSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Jeffrey Townsend appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to modify, vacate or reduce his sentence. Townsend was convicted following a jury trial of aiding and abetting bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) and 2. Townsend contends that he was denied effective assistance of appellate counsel because his attorney raised a sufficiency of the evidence claim in connection with an ineffective assistance of counsel claim instead of raising the claims independently. We affirm. 3 To demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must show that counsel's performance was deficient…