Legal Opinion
United States of America, Ex Rel. Ronald Tonaldi v. Richard J. Elrod
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1986No. 85-2447PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This appeal comes to us from a denial of the habeas corpus petition of petitioner Ronald Tonaldi (“Tonaldi”) by the district court. The issue raised here is whether petitioner’s failure to raise on direct appeal the claim that his attorney’s decision to represent co-defendants was inconsistent with the minimum standards of competent representation bars petitioner from now raising this claim in federal court. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the district court’s determination that petitioner’s failure to raise this claim in state court constituted a waiver of his…
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