United States Seventh Circuit

Because the US Supreme Court has not established a Fifth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, the district court properly dismissed this habeas petition, arising from the attorneys' mistaken advice about an alleged use-immunity agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/15/2003
• Decided 03/15/2004
• Published 03/15/2004

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, COFFEY, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David E. Mosley (argued), Mosley, Betrand, Jacobs & McCall, Jeffersonville, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott A. Kreider (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.