United States Seventh Circuit

The Wisconsin state court properly identified and applied Strickland as the governing standard in an ineffective assistance claim, and reasonably found that trial counsel's errors were not prejudicial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/13/2002
• Decided 06/23/2003
• Published 06/23/2003

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles B. Vetzner (argued), Office of the State Public Defender, Madison WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lara M. Herman (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.