Seventh Circuit· 4/1/2011

Sussman v. Jenkins

Citations

636 F.3d 329
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 6761
2011 WL 1206187

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explaining that when faced with multiple errors by counsel, the Court \must consider the[ir] cumulative impact\ to determine prejudice
explaining that when faced with multiple errors by counsel, the Court \must consider the[ir] cumulative impact\ to determine prejudice
explaining, in ineffective-assistance context, that petitioner can show prejudice if Wisconsin court’s determination of inadmissibility under rape-shield law would itself violate Confrontation Clause
finding petitioner was prejudiced by counsel’s failure to introduce testimony of witness that would have discredited a central witness in the case
looking to whether it was “clear from the [state] court’s analysis that it did not believe that the [proffered evidence] had a reasonable probability of altering the jury’s verdict”
applying Redmond and holding: “The jury reasonably could have concluded that [the victim] was prone to use allegations of sexual abuse against father figures as a means either of gaining their attention or as a means of punishing them for abandoning 6 him.”

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Judges: Cudahy, Ripple, Hamilton

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