United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed over his claim that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to competently argue that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2004
• Decided 01/21/2005
• Published 01/21/2005

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Pamela Pepper (argued), Milwaukee, WI, For Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory M. Weber, Meredith Earley, Office of Attorney General, Cynthia Hirsch (argued), Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.