Legal Opinion
Michael Pittman v. Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 6, 1992No. 90-2996PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Michael Pittman was convicted on two counts of armed robbery and sentenced to two concurrent fifty-year terms of imprisonment. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective. The district court dismissed the habeas corpus petition without a hearing, finding that Pittman’s counsel made defensible strategic decisions in withdrawing a motion to suppress testimony from mug shot and lineup identifications and in choosing not to object to such testimony at trial. The court thus concluded that Pittman’s counsel’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Juan Ramon Matta-Ballesteros v. Gary L. Henman, Warden, United States Penitentiary at Marion, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Jose C. Santos v. Darrell A. Kolb, Superintendent, Fox Lake Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. J.B. RushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Edward Spreitzer v. Howard A. Peters, Iii, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections and Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Robert McGeshick v. Patrick FiedlerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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