Legal Opinion
Alex Gilbert v. Jay M. Merchant, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 2007No. 05-3571PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
At the age of fifteen, Alex Gilbert pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and was ordered to serve a prison term of thirty years. After exhausting his state-court remedies, Gilbert filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to seek the suppression of his post-arrest statement, which acknowledged his involvement in the crime. Gilbert was fourteen years old at the time of his arrest, and both his confession and the interrogation that…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by43 opinions
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