Legal Opinion

Lass v. Fuchs

District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided August 31, 2023No. 2:21-cv-00578Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN RODNEY L. LASS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 21-CV-578 JASON WELLS, Respondent. DECISION AND ORDER 1. Background Rodney L. Lass beat, raped, stabbed, and strangled his girlfriend, Caroline,1 over the span of their years-long relationship. (ECF No. 12-1.) Following a nine-day trial, a jury found him guilty of various offenses and the court sentenced him to decades in prison. (ECF No. 12-1.) After unsuccessfully challenging his convictions in state court Lass has turned to federal court with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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