Legal Opinion
Jon T. Liegakos v. Maryanne Cooke, Warden, Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1997No. 96-2764PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1976 the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that under Wis.Stat. § 974.06(4) criminal defendants may present on collateral attack any constitutional contentions they omitted from direct appeal—no matter why these claims were omitted. Bergenthal v. State, 72 Wis.2d 740, 242 N.W.2d 199 (1976). Eighteen years later, on June 22, 1994, that court overruled Bergenthal, concluding that it had misread this statute. State v. Escalona-Naranjo, 185 Wis.2d 168, 517 N.W.2d 157 (1994). Today in Wisconsin a prisoner needs a “sufficient reason to raise [in a collateral attack] a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by73 opinions
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- Thomas Barton v. Warden, Southern Ohio Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
- Brian Thomas v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden, Waupun Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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