United States Seventh Circuit

The district court erred when it granted plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his counsel was ineffective by failing to object to the prosecutor's closing argument.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/05/2005
• Decided 08/09/2005
• Published 08/09/2005

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeremy J. Gaston (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellee., Warren D. Weinstein (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellant.