CUDAHY, Circuit Judge. Petitioner Emmaline Williams was convicted of indecent liberties with a child in 1986 and sentenced to twelve years in prison. After exhausting her state remedies, she petitioned the district court for habeas relief, asserting that she had been denied the effective assistance of counsel at her Illinois state court trial. The district court agreed with Emma…
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