Legal Opinion
Christopher Raygoza v. Don Hulick
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 25, 2007No. 05-2340PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Although this case comes to us on an appeal from a denial of collateral relief, at base it is a “who-dun-it.” Christopher Raygoza was convicted in state court for first-degree murder and attempted murder, but he had an alibi. More than that, he had ten available alibi witnesses, most of whom were not related to him, but his attorney made little effort to investigate his alibi, called only one of those witnesses at trial, and failed to offer telephone records that would have corroborated Raygo-za’s defense. The state courts rejected Raygoza’s claim that he had received…
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