United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the state court decision in defendant's appeal was contrary to the ineffective assistance of counsel standard set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and an unreasonable application of the standard because the cumulative effect of the defense counsel's errors constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2005
• Decided 10/31/2006
• Published 10/31/2006

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert R. Henak (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William L. Gansner (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.