Wright v. Van Patten, No. 07-212 (U.S. Supreme Court) (552 U.S. 120; 128 S.Ct. 743) (January 7, 2008) (Per Curiam)
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2007
published in Punch and Jurists
December 10, 2007
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Here the Court reversed the 7th Circuit's grant of habeas relief on the grounds that no clearly established Federal law justified the defendant's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel due to his lawyer's participation by speaker phone.
In this unanimous, per curiam decision, the Supreme Court …
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