Legal Opinion
Morales v. Boatwright
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 3, 2009No. 08-1153PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Mario Morales pleaded guilty in Wisconsin to two counts of first degree sexual assault of a child. After receiving an unexpectedly long sentence, he sought multiple reviews of his conviction in the Wisconsin state courts; after losing there, he sought a federal writ of habeas corpus. The district court denied his petition. We affirm.
I. Background
Mario Morales was charged with two counts of first degree sexual assault of a child. He gave a statement to the police in which he admitted knowing the victim was eleven years old when he had sex with her, but that he could not…
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