Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Patrick Hampton v. Blair Leibach
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 2003No. 19-1738PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1982, an Illinois jury convicted eighteen-year-old Patrick Hampton of deviate sexual assault, attempted rape, robbery, and aggravated battery, and the trial judge ordered him to serve an extended prison term of sixty years. Hampton filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging (among other things) that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to investigate and interview exculpatory eyewitnesses to the crimes of which he was convicted and for making promises in his opening statement to the jury…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by145 opinions
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