Amerson v. Farrey

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Cleophus Amerson was convicted in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. He argues that his trial counsel was ineffective because the counsel failed to investigate a prior assault of the victim and failed to procure a rebuttal witness during the trial. The district court denied Amerson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and we affirm.

I. HISTORY

In December 1993, Amerson and Denise M. were dating. Denise was the mother of then nine-year-old…