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Benson v. Foster

District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided May 28, 2020No. 2:19-cv-00100Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN RICHARD DANIEL BENSON, Petitioner, v. Case No. 19-CV-100 BRIAN FOSTER, Respondent. DECISION AND ORDER Richard Daniel Benson has filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting that his state court conviction and sentence were imposed in violation of the Constitution. For the reasons that follow, Benson’s petition is denied. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner is a Wisconsin state prisoner, incarcerated for convictions on charges of (1) second-degree sexual assault of a child under age sixteen; (2) attempted first-degree…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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