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FREEMAN v. LANE

No. 90-2480.

962 F.2d 1252 (1992)

Gerald FREEMAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Michael P. LANE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Peters (argued), Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Bradley P. Halloran (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Before WOOD, Jr., and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Gerald Freeman petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus for his release from state custody. He based his petition on a violation of his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent at trial and on a Sixth Amendment claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Mr. Freeman alleged that his appellate counsel on direct appeal failed to raise a Fifth Amendment violation resulting from the prosecutors' indirect reference at trial to his...

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