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PITTMAN v. WARDEN, PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL CENTER

No. 90-2996.

960 F.2d 688 (1992)

Michael PITTMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dale, Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas L. Ciecko, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div. Chicago, Ill. (argued), for respondent-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Michael Pittman was convicted on two counts of armed robbery and sentenced to two concurrent fifty-year terms of imprisonment. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective. The district court dismissed the habeas corpus petition without a hearing, finding that Pittman's counsel made defensible strategic decisions in withdrawing a motion to suppress testimony from mug shot and...

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