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ATKINS v. ZENK

No. 11-1891.

667 F.3d 939 (2012)

Dale J. ATKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael ZENK, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric K. Koselke (argued), Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and PRATT, District Judge.

PRATT, District Judge.

Dale J. Atkins was convicted by a jury of attempted murder, criminal confinement, domestic battery, and invasion of privacy and sentenced to 51 years in prison. Atkins filed a post-conviction relief petition in Indiana state court, but obtained no relief. He then filed a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of trial counsel. The district...

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