Legal Opinion
Edward L. Ellsworth v. Mark Levenhagen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 20, 2001No. 00-1928PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On February 25, 1999, Edward L. Ells-worth filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated when an Indiana trial court answered two written questions from the jury without consulting and outside the presence of defense counsel. The district court denied the petition, and Ellsworth now appeals. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Edward Ellsworth was convicted in the Allen County (Indiana) Circuit Court of robbery causing serious bodily injury and sentenced to thirty years in prison. At one point during jury…
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