POSTED: Thursday, March 31st, 2011 at 9:15 am

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted review of a case to decide whether a state prisoner can obtain habeas corpus relief in federal court, after he went to trial because his attorney gave him deficient advice during plea bargaining. In the meantime, the 7th Circuit is assuming the answer is “yes.” On Monday, it [...]