United States Seventh Circuit

Defense counsel's failure at sentencing to make an unsound (though not frivolous) argument, against a statutory interpretation that authorized petitioner's received sentence for child pornography, did not amount to ineffective assistance.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/21/2003
• Decided 03/04/2003
• Published 03/05/2003

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul LaZotte (argued), Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy M. O'Shea, Rita M. Rumbelow (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.