Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. Mize
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 11, 2009No. 08-1875PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAPALA, District Judge.
Argelio Gonzales, an Indiana state prisoner serving a 30-year sentence for various drug-related offenses, challenges the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On appeal, Gonzales argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel as a result of his trial counsel’s conflicts of interest. We affirm.
I. Background
Attorney Jay Hirschauer represented Gonzales at a jury trial that began on April 27, 1998, and ended April 30, 1998. The Indiana Court of Appeals summarized the facts presented at trial as follows:
[O]n December 29, 1997,…
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