Legal Opinion
Watson v. Anglin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2009No. 07-3602PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Jesse Watson, a state inmate in the Danville Correctional Center, is serving an aggregate 60-year sentence for multiple counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and reckless conduct. The district court denied Watson’s habeas corpus petition, finding that he was not denied effective assistance of counsel during his criminal trial or his direct appeal. We affirm.
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Jesse and Pearl Watson married in 1978 and divorced in 1990. On the morning of July 30,1990, Watson argued with Pearl at the developmental disabilities center in Kankakee, Blinois where they…
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