Legal Opinion
Dentrell Brown v. Richard Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2017No. 16-1014PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Dentrell Brown and his co-defendant Joshua Love were convicted of murder in a joint trial in an Indiana court. After exhausting state court remedies, Brown filed a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his lawyer failed to insist that the judge give the limiting instruction required when evidence of a co-defendant’s out-of-court confession is introduced in a joint trial. See Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968) (protecting co-defendant from…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
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