United States Seventh Circuit

Appellant failed to show proper support for tenuous claim that he shared confidences with his counsel in a prior state action, which counsel may have related to one of his other clients (now appellant's co-conspirators), who may have shared them while cooperating with federal authorities in appellant's conviction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2002
• Decided 05/03/2002
• Published 05/03/2002

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Cutchin (argued), George A. Norwood, Office of the U.S. Atty., Benton, IL, for United States in No. 01-2933., Robert A. Handelsman (argued), Chicago, IL, for William A. Anderson., George A. Norwood (submitted), Office of the U.S. Atty., Benton, IL, for United States in No. 01-2934., Chaka M. Patterson, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Bryan S. Garrett.