Legal Opinion
James Patrasso v. Keith O. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1997No. 96-3962PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
James Patrasso, contending that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because we conclude that Patrasso’s counsel was ineffective during the sentencing phase of his trial, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
James Patrasso was convicted in 1983 of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery. According to the evidence the state introduced at the bench trial, on February 13, 1982, Patrasso had an altercation with Guy Sisco, the owner of Guy’s…
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