United States Seventh Circuit

The rule of Bousley v. US, 523 U.S. 614 (1998), is not limited to the case in which a dropped or otherwise forgone charge was more serious, rather than as or more serious, than the charge to which a habeas petitioner pleaded guilty.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2003
• Decided 05/27/2003
• Published 05/27/2003

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John C. Thomure, Jr.,Juan S. Ramirez (argued), Timothy M. Hansen (argued), Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Keith (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Peoria, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.