United States Seventh Circuit

District court judgment denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where plaintiff's counsel did not render ineffective assistance of counsel as counsel was not required under the Sixth Amendment to explain the basis for his legal advice to plaintiff, and plaintiff was not prejudiced by counsel's failure to introduce testimony from plaintiff's mother.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/22/2008
• Decided 07/23/2009
• Published 07/23/2009

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert R. Henak, Attorney, Henak Law Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J.B. Van Hollen, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.