United States Seventh Circuit

In a murder case, grant of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of counsel is vacated and remanded where petitioner procedurally defaulted his ineffective assistance claim by failing to present it fully in his state petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/09/2008
• Decided 08/14/2008
• Published 08/14/2008

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Parkinson (argued), Lafayette, IN, for Petitioner-Appellee., Stephen R. Creason, Kelly A. Miklos (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellant.