Legal Opinion
William E. Zellers v. Jack Duckworth, Warden, Indiana State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1985No. 83-3004PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
William Zellers appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that Zellers had failed to establish cause for his failure to appeal the denial of his state-court petition for post-conviction relief, and that the failure to appeal that denial was a procedural default barring review of Zellers’s constitutional claims in federal court. We affirm.
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The facts, as stated by the Indiana Supreme Court, Zellers v. State, 271 Ind. 22, 389 N.E.2d 299 (1979), are these. Petitioner entered a plea of guilty to a charge of first degree…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Reed v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States of America Ex Rel. Nathaniel Spurlark, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Dennis Wolff, Respondents-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Charles Farrell v. Michael P. Lane, Director of Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Robert Prihoda v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden, Waupun Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States of America Ex Rel. Nathaniel Simmons v. Richard GramleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Nathan Lee Hogan v. Dan McBride and Pamela CarterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Jimmie L. Morrison v. Jack R. Duckworth, Warden and Attorney General of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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