United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of defendant's appeal, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, is reversed where the district court erred by dismissing defendant's case without granting an evidentiary hearing since the record is not sufficiently developed enough to decide whether defendant's trial counsel was ineffective.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2004
• Decided 08/11/2004
• Published 08/11/2004

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul S. Kish (argued), Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda F. Thome (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.