United States Seventh Circuit

A mentally ill criminal defendant was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance through counsel's failure to bring petitioner's mental problems to the court's attention.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2002
• Decided 09/04/2002
• Published 09/04/2002

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before:  POSNER, COFFEY and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas F. Geraghty (argued), Northwestern University Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David H. Iskowich (argued), Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.