Legal Opinion

Gish v. Dittmann

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Decided December 14, 2017No. 15–cv–730–jdpPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJames D. Peterson, District Judge

Pro se petitioner Christopher Randolph Gish is currently in the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections at the Columbia Correctional Institution, following his plea of guilty and conviction of first-degree reckless homicide in Milwaukee County Case No. 12-CF-3564. Gish admits that he killed his girlfriend. But he seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that the Wisconsin Court of Appeals unreasonably rejected his claim that his trial counsel was ineffective because counsel failed to investigate and inform Gish of a potential defense of involuntary…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by4 opinions

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