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McKINNEY v. ISRAEL

No. 83-2409.

740 F.2d 491 (1984)

Rodney McKINNEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas ISRAEL, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Weiss, Asst. State Public Defender, Madison, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Andrew L. Somers, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for respondent-appellee.

Before WOOD and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Appellant Rodney McKinney was convicted by a Wisconsin state court jury of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal slaying of his girlfriend. After an unsuccessful attempt to show ineffective assistance of counsel in the state courts,1 McKinney petitioned the federal district court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court denied...

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