United States Seventh Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's habeas petition based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is reversed as the Court of Appeals of Indiana unreasonably applied federal law when it determined that the evidence concerning the search of a wheelbarrow was admissible and that defendant's counsel's performance did not fall below an objective standard of reasonableness.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/10/2009
• Decided 02/26/2010
• Published 02/26/2010

Judges

• DER-YEGHIAYAN, District Judge., Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and DER-YEGHIAYAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul H. Tzur, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kelly A. Miklos, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.