United States Seventh Circuit

An ineffective assistance claim fails where defense counsel may have had a tactical reason for refusing to strike a prospective juror for cause, after potentially equivocal assurances of impartiality during voir dire.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/06/2002
• Decided 09/06/2002
• Published 09/06/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., BEFORE:  POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Calvin R. Malone (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marguerite M. Moeller (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin DOJ, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.