WASHINGTON v. SMITH

No. 99-2383.

219 F.3d 620 (2000)

Vonaire T. WASHINGTON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Judy SMITH, Warden, Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Henak (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for petitioner-appellee.

Warren D. Weinstein (argued), James E. Doyle, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for respondent-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

On September 17, 1991, a Wisconsin jury convicted Vonaire Washington of two counts of being party to an armed robbery and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The state court sentenced Washington to consecutive prison terms totaling 22 years imprisonment. Washington filed a post-conviction motion in the trial court, claiming that at trial he was denied effective assistance of counsel, and following a two-day evidentiary hearing...

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