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MacDOUGALL v. McCAUGHTRY

No. 91-1193.

951 F.2d 822 (1992)

Frank L. MacDOUGALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary McCAUGHTRY, Warden, and Donald Hanaway, Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff S. Olson, Julian, Olson & Lasker, Madison, Wis. (argued), for petitioner-appellant.

James M. Freimuth, State of Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis. (argued), for respondents-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, JR. and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.

Frank L. MacDougall filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He bases his petition on ineffective assistance of trial counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. He states that his attorneys acted unreasonably by failing to present psychiatric testimony that would support his defense theory, that he was prejudiced by this failure, and therefore convicted...

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