Legal Opinion
Williams v. Buss
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2008No. 07-1092PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Carlos K. Williams was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of Amondo Nelson. Williams filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that his trial counsel was ineffective, and the district court granted his petition. We find that the claim was procedurally defaulted, and no cause and prejudice has been shown to excuse the default; we therefore vacate the district court’s judgment and remand for denial of the petition.
On May 5, 1999, a dispute between Amondo Nelson and Ramar Daniels— Williams’s brother — escalated into a…
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