United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed where the state court's application of the Strickland standard to petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel did not result in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established Federal law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/08/2008
• Decided 02/11/2009
• Published 02/11/2009

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, COFFEY, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dean C. Gramlich (argued), Dewey & Leboeuf, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric M. Levin (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.