Legal Opinion
Lee O. Griffin v. Richard D. McVicar Warden, Shawnee Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 23, 1996No. 95-2330PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Respondent, Warden McVicar, appeals the grant of petitioner Lee Griffin’s habeas corpus petition. The district court granted the writ of habeas corpus on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel due to an actual conflict of interest inhering in the joint representation of Griffin and a co-defendant, Jimmy Lee Smith, by Marvin Goldenhersh in a 1981 murder trial. We affirm.
I. Introduction
Lee Griffin and Jimmy Lee Smith were convicted in June 1981 of the shooting murder of Charles Sims, Christi Smith and Ronald Walker and of the serious wounding of Charles Kellick. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States of America, Plaintif-Appellee v. Biagio Cirrincione and Tom CirrincioneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- People v. GriffinIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
- United States of America Ex Rel. Miles Cole v. Michael Lane, Director of Department of Corrections, State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Morris v. WoodfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Griffin v. GoldenhershAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
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