Erik Redwood and Jude Redwood v. Elizabeth Dobson and Harvey Cato Welch, and Marvin Ira Gerstein

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2007-02-07

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EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge. This is a grudge match. Harvey Cato Welch represented Erik Redwood in a criminal prosecution for battery. Redwood was convicted and maintains that Welch is at fault. Redwood wants Welch to sign an affidavit confessing that he supplied ineffective assistance; he believes that with such an affidavit he could have his criminal record expunged. Welch, who b…

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