United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's trial counsel was not "ineffective" by failing to ask for a mistrial, or alternatively, a cautionary instruction, after a witness alluded to "murder cases," since the testimony would have tended to draw suspicions away from defendant, and supported his contentions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/12/1999
• Decided 12/04/2000
• Published 12/04/2000

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John W. Vaudreuil (argued), Peggy A. Lautenschlager, Office of the U.S. Atty., Madison, WI, for United States., Michael J. Gonring (argued), Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Meyer.