Legal Opinion
Edward Spreitzer v. James M. Schomig, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 2000No. 99-2474PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Edward Spreitzer is under a sentence of death. He appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition that was remanded to the district court following our decision in Spreitzer v. Peters, 114 F.3d 1435 (7th Cir.1997). First, he claims that the district court erred in finding that a procedural default barred certain ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Second, he claims that the court erred by refusing to grant him evidentiary hearings to determine whether he was denied the effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to develop mitigating evidence of…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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