United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for bank robbery is affirmed over his claim that his plea was involuntary because counsel falsely promised him that his federal sentence would run concurrently with any punishment under state law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/05/2005
• Decided 07/18/2005
• Published 07/18/2005

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Larry D. Willis, Terre Haute, IN, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Melvin K. Washington (argued), Elizabeth M. Blackwood, Michelle L. Jacobs, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Mark S. Rosen (argued), Rosen & Holzman, Waukesha, WI, Patrick K. Cafferty, Racine, WI, for Defendants-Appellants.