United States Seventh Circuit

A claim, that a guilty plea was a product of the court's failure to ensure defendant's full understanding of petitioner's waiver of appellate rights, was procedurally defaulted, and a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on the same grounds was unsupported by evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2002
• Published 12/19/2002

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey M. Brandt (argued), Robinson Brandt Law Offices, Cincinnati, OH, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Christopher Moore (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Benton, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.