U.S. EX REL. HAMPTON v. LEIBACH

No. 01-4186.

347 F.3d 219 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Patrick HAMPTON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Blair LEIBACH, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 2003.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Murphy, Douglas E. Whitney (argued), Office of the Federal Defender, Program, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Huma A. Khan (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 17, 2003.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

In 1982, an Illinois jury convicted eighteen-year-old Patrick Hampton of deviate sexual assault, attempted rape, robbery, and aggravated battery, and the trial judge ordered him to serve an extended prison term of sixty years. Hampton filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging (among other things) that his trial counsel...

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