GOINS v. LANE

No. 84-2941.

787 F.2d 248 (1986)

David GOINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael LANE, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Lanahan, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

James E. Fitzgerald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before WOOD, ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the failure of petitioner's counsel to move to quash the arrest of petitioner constituted ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment. The district court concluded that it did not and denied the petition for federal habeas-corpus relief. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm.

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