United States Seventh Circuit

The district court improperly granted plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus where plaintiff did not prove that he was prejudiced by the prosecutor's statement regarding the possible impeachment of a defense witness, or by his counsel's failure to interview the witness during trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2004
• Decided 03/18/2005
• Published 03/18/2005

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• R. Dickey Hamilton, Miller, Shakman & Hamilton, Joshua Sachs (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee., Peter Fischer (argued), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Sally L. Dilgart, Office of the Attorney, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.