BYNUM v. LEMMON

No. 07-2634.

560 F.3d 678 (2009)

Cleveland C. BYNUM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bruce LEMMON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Randall (argued), Etzler & Associates, Valparaiso, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Cleveland C. Bynum, Carlisle, IN, pro se.

Kelly A. Miklos (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ROVNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

A Lake County, Indiana court convicted Cleveland Bynum of murdering five people and sentenced him to 300 years' imprisonment. Bynum filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to put him on the stand at the hearing on his motion to suppress his post-arrest confessions to the murders. Bynum contends that his confession...

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