Melvin H. Sullivan v. James A. Fairman

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1987-05-22

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RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. In this appeal, we must review the judgment of the district court granting petitioner a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was denied the right to the effective assistance of counsel. Because the district court correctly identified the governing principles of law and properly applied those principles to the facts of this case, we affirm its judg…

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