United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where defendant was barred by procedural default from raising waived ineffective assistance of counsel claims, and the one valid ineffective assistance claim was properly denied since counsel's behavior fell within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance and did not prejudice the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2006
• Decided 02/05/2007
• Published 02/06/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Karin L. Bohmholdt (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Santa Monica, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James B. Martin (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.