Legal Opinion
James Biggerstaff v. Richard Clark
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1993No. 92-1129PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this appeal from the denial of defendant’s § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief from an Indiana conviction, we affirm the order of the district court declining to issue a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant has not established either prong of the test set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), for post-conviction relief based on a Sixth Amendment claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The claim was based on counsel’s failure to request a limiting instruction when a prior conviction was introduced to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ashton v. AndersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
- Carl William Montgomery v. Dale PetersenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Leroy Miller, United States of America v. Paul A. MillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Joseph AdamoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Robert M. LevineCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Feilberto Flores, Angel L. Fontanez and Amador Rodriguez, Feilberto Flores, and Amador Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Flakes Kellum and Lynetta P. DurrCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Robert G. Kavanagh v. Gerald Berge, Superintendent, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, and James Doyle, Attorney General for the State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Mable LindsayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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