United States Seventh Circuit

A habeas petitioner's ineffective assistance claim is defaulted where he could not show 1) cause for failure to raise it during post-conviction relief proceedings in state court, or 2) "actual innocence."

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2001
• Decided 08/19/2002
• Published 08/19/2002

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas P. Ward (argued), Lake Forest, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Russell Kenneth Benton (argued), Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.