Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//September 25, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Cornell D. Reynolds v. Randall Hepp

Case No.: 16-3430

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Petitioner‐appellant Cornell Reynolds seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 2002, a Wisconsin jury convicted Reynolds in a fatal carjacking. He seeks habeas relief based on two alleged violations of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to counsel. First, he argues that Wisconsin violated his right to counsel when it stopped paying his state‐appointed lawyer during his direct appeal. In the alternative, he argues that he received ineffective assistance from his counsel during his direct appeal and trial. The district court denied relief. We affirm.

Affirmed

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