Legal Opinion
Byron Blake v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2013No. 11-3183PublishedCited by 383 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKER, District Judge.
This appeal brought by Petitioner Byron Blake (“Blake”) seeks our review of the district court’s denial of his habeas petition, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to challenge his convictions and sentence. Blake’s primary legal issue is that each of his three (actually four) prior attorneys, respectively, subjected him to ineffective assistance during the various stages of his prosecution and appeal. Resolving these claims requires a detailed factual explication, but the controlling legal principles reflect well settled law. Having carefully reviewed Blake’s claims,…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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