Legal Opinion
William A. Sanders v. Zettie Cotton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2005No. 03-2622PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
William Sanders was convicted of murder and attempted murder by an Indiana jury and sentenced to consecutive terms of 40 and 25 years’ imprisonment, respectively. After his conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, Sanders filed a post-conviction petition in state court, claiming that the jury instructions did not correctly state the burden of proof for murder, attempted murder, voluntary manslaughter, and attempted voluntary manslaughter, and that his appellate counsel was ineffective for not challenging on direct appeal the trial court’s refusal to…
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