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Seventh Circuit· 11/4/1987

Lewis v. Lane

Citations

  • 832 F.2d 1446
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14681

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding prejudice where counsel stipulated at mitigation hearing to the existence of two prior felony convictions that did not, in fact, exist
  • “The difference between two prior felony convictions and four prior felony convictions in determining whether to impose the death penalty is without a doubt significant”
  • “[Djefendant, not the State, bears the burden of proving both incompetence and prejudice.”
  • witnesses failed to keep numerous appointments made by attorney

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Judges: Coffey, Cudahy, Cummings

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