SIMONSON v. HEPP

No. 07-4079.

549 F.3d 1101 (2008)

Chas SIMONSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randall HEPP, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Henak (argued), Henak Law Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gregory M. Weber (argued), J.B. Van Hollen, Office of the Attorney General, Madison, WI, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Today, we resolve Chas Simonson's appeal from a district court judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. As per usual, we start with the facts, which, despite a few editorial comments along the way, we set out in the light most favorable to the State of Wisconsin.

Simonson went to trial in Wisconsin state court in 2002 on charges that he sexually assaulted his seven-year-old daughter. The primary evidence against him...

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