NORTHERN v. BOATWRIGHT

No. 08-3272.

594 F.3d 555 (2010)

Lawrence NORTHERN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ana BOATWRIGHT, Warden, New Lisbon Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Meyeroff (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Marguerite M. Moeller (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and DER-YEGHIAYAN, District Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence Northern was convicted in Wisconsin state court of possessing more than 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute it. After his direct appeal and a number of postconviction actions in Wisconsin courts, Northern petitioned the Western District of Wisconsin for a writ of habeas corpus. Northern claims his trial counsel was ineffective because he did not challenge an allegedly deficient jury instruction and did not object to an...

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