Legal Opinion
Smith v. Grams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 15, 2009No. 07-2302PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant James Smith is currently serving a fifteen-year sentence for a 1994 armed robbery conviction in the circuit court of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. In 2007, Smith petitioned the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, Smith claimed, inter alia, that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel during his state jury trial. The district court dismissed the petition. We find merit in Smith’s claims and remand to the district court with orders to issue the writ.
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