By: Derek Hawkins//November 29, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Anthony Rodriguez v. Greg Gossett
Case No.: 13-1877
Officials: ROVNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, District Judge.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Anthony Rodriguez was convicted of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child following a jury trial in the State of Illinois in 1997. Rodriguez has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel under the standard set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984), and now appeals the district court’s denial of his petition. Because we conclude that the Illinois Appellate Court did not unreasonably apply the Strickland standard, we affirm the district court’s denial of Rodriguez’s habeas petition.
Affirmed