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PATRASSO v. NELSON

No. 96-3962.

121 F.3d 297 (1997)

James PATRASSO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Keith O. NELSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mare W. Martin (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert K. Villa (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

James Patrasso, contending that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because we conclude that Patrasso's counsel was ineffective during the sentencing phase of his trial, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

James Patrasso was convicted in 1983 of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery...

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