CARLSON v. JESS

No. 07-3428.

526 F.3d 1018 (2008)

Matthew S. CARLSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Cathy JESS, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Shellow, Urszula Tempska (argued), The Shellow Group, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Katherine L. Tripp (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before KANNE, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

After a one-day jury trial, Matthew Carlson was convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 55 years in a Wisconsin state prison. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that the state trial court's denial of his motion to substitute counsel and for a continuance violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice and his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. He also maintains...

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