Legal Opinion
Bartley, Ken v. Stanley, Leslie
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2006No. 06-2184PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1994 Leslie Stanley was tried by a jury and convicted of the first-degree murder the year before of Sammie Wilborn, and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. After exhausting his state remedies, People v. Stanley, 313 Ill.App.3d 1111, 266 Ill.Dec. 1006, 775 N.E.2d 1078 (Ill.App.2000) (unpublished opinion), petition for leave to appeal denied, 191 Ill.2d 555, 250 Ill.Dec. 465, 738 N.E.2d 934 (Ill.2000) (without opinion), he sought habeas corpus, claiming that his trial lawyer had given him ineffective assistance. He prevailed in the district court after an evidentiary…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Woodford v. VisciottiSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Brown v. PaytonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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