United States Seventh Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his murder and armed robbery conviction is affirmed where: 1) a state court's conclusion that new statements from a witness did not negate its earlier finding of probable cause to arrest defendant was not so erroneous as to be objectionably unreasonable; and 2) defendant's counsel was not constitutionally deficient in failing to file what would have been an unmeritorious motion to quash his arrest and suppress inculpatory statement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2010
• Decided 06/23/2010
• Published 06/23/2010

Judges

• TINDER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carl P. Clavelli, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. Blankenheim, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.