Legal Opinion
Kendrick Lee v. Lisa Avila
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 2017No. 15-1976PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Kendrick Lee, a Wisconsin prisoner, applied for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to preserve objections, adequately cross-examine witnesses, and develop various factual points at his trial on drug charges. Applying the Strickland standard, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals rejected Lee’s claim for lack of prejudice. In doing so the state court explicitly addressed all but one of Lee’s specific complaints about his trial counsel’s performance.
When a state court rejects a prisoner’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Ylst v. NunnemakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Nicole Harris v. Sheryl ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Spencer Riley v. Victor CallowayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
- Adamski, Paul v. Richardson, ReedDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2021
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