Habeas Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//September 13, 2021//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Anthony C. Olvera v. David Gomez

Case No.: 18-3435

Officials: RIPPLE, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Habeas Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Petitioner Anthony Olvera was the driver in a gang-related, drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of an innocent bystander. An Illinois jury found Mr. Olvera guilty of first-degree murder on the theory that he was accountable for the shooter’s conduct. Mr. Olvera now seeks postconviction review, claiming that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by conducting an inadequate pretrial investigation. The state courts denied Mr. Olvera’s petition. He then filed this petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied relief. We now affirm the district court’s judgment.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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