MORRIS v. U.S.

No. 98-3306.

264 F.3d 726 (2001)

Edward L. MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Schattnik (Argued), Unsell, Unsell & Schattnik, East Alton, IL, for petitioner-appellant.

Bruce E. Reppert (argued), W. Charles Grace, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for respondent-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Edward L. Morris is a former officer of Germania Bank who was convicted of two counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and one count of wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, in connection with Germania's $10 million offering of subordinated capital notes ("Schnotes"). We affirmed his conviction on direct appeal in United States v. Morris, 80 F.3d 1151 (7th Cir.1996), and he now brings a § 2255 petition alleging ineffective...

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