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CATES v. SUPERINTENDENT, INDIANA YOUTH CENTER

No. 90-3009.

981 F.2d 949 (1992)

Mark Allen CATES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. SUPERINTENDENT, INDIANA YOUTH CENTER, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Horn (argued), Tinley Park, IL, for petitioner-appellee.

David A. Arthur, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Federal Litigation, Indianapolis, IN for respondent-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

In this habeas corpus appeal, we determine whether counsel's joint representation of two defendants during the initial phases of their criminal proceedings violated Petitioner Mark Cates' Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. We find no constitutional violation, and reverse the district court's grant of Cates' petition.

I. Factual Background

A. State Court Proceedings

In October 1984, Mark...

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