United States Seventh Circuit

Where the evidence included defendant's taped admission that the drugs in question were crack and not rock cocaine, his attorney's failure to object to its characterization as crack during sentencing and the attorney's decision not to call an expert witness on the point is not prejudicial under the Strickland test.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2001
• Decided 08/17/2001
• Published 08/17/2001

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Loeb, Chicago, IL, Brian M. Collins (argued), Collins & Bastounes, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Reid J. Schar (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.