United States Seventh Circuit

Where defense counsel chose to argue that mental disease or defect was a mitigating factor, but never presented the psychiatric testimony that would provide the necessary foundation for it, petitioner's counsel may have been inadequate.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/29/2000
• Decided 06/18/2001
• Published 06/18/2001

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan M. Freedman (argued), Midwest Center for Justice, Chicago, IL, for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. McLaughlin (argued), Karen M. Freeman-Wilson, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for respondent-appellee.