Legal Opinion
Starkweather v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2009No. 08-2354PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Jay Starkweather was convicted of one count of first degree murder, four counts of attempted murder and one count of reckless endangerment. After his conviction became final, Starkweather commenced this habeas proceeding, claiming that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel. The district court denied Starkweather’s petition. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
On June 6, 1995, Jay Starkweather set out on a shooting rampage that ended only after he was seriously injured in a gunfight with the police. Starkweather had grown increasingly paranoid, imagining that…
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