MASON v. HANKS

No. 95-1908.

97 F.3d 887 (1996)

Ronald MASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Craig A. HANKS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Pinnow, Greenwood, IN (argued), for Petitioner-Appellant.

Pamela Carter, Randy Koester (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

An Indiana jury convicted Ronald Mason of possessing in excess of three grams of heroin with the intent to deliver, and the trial judge sentenced him as a habitual offender to a term of eighty years. Mason sought a writ of habeas corpus from the district court, contending (among other things) that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel when his attorney failed to challenge the admission of the out-of-court...

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