Jack R. Prewitt v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-05-03

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MANION, Circuit Judge. Jack Prewitt, a convicted insurance-scam artist, appeals from the denial of his habeas corpus challenge to his federal sentence for mail fraud. He asserts among other things that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to argue for the application of a sentencing guideline provision. Because the provision under which Prewitt seeks a reduction in his sen< cit…

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