Legal Opinion
Rodney Clemons v. Randy Pfister
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 2017No. 14-3797PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
In 2005 an Illinois jury convicted Rodney Clemons of murdering Doris Smith, his former girlfriend and mother of his infant son. After an unsuccessful appeal and postconviction proceedings in state court, Clemons sought federal habeas review under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He raised several claims, but only one is relevant here. Clemons argues that his trial attorney was constitutionally ineffective in violation of the rule of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), for failing to call an alibi witness. The Illinois Appellate Court declined…
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