Legal Opinion
Carlson v. Jess
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 19, 2008No. 07-3428PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
After a one-day jury trial, Matthew Carlson was convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 55 years in a Wisconsin state prison. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that the state trial court’s denial of his motion to substitute counsel and for a continuance violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice and his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. He also maintains that the state court of appeals’ decision affirming the trial court’s judgment was unreasonable. The district court (Judge Lynn…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by52 opinions
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