BROWN v. VANIHEL

Nos. 20-2473 & 20-2474.

7 F.4th 666 (2021)

Dentrell BROWN, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Frank VANIHEL, Warden, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ausbrook , Attorney, Bloomington, IN, for Cross-Appellant.

Jesse Drum , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Kanne and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Dentrell Brown was convicted of murder in an Indiana state court. His trial lawyer failed to object to a serious violation of his constitutional right to confront witnesses against him. The federal district court granted Brown a conditional writ of habeas corpus, and both...

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