District court’s denial of defendant’s request for habeas relief from a conviction for sexual assault of a child is affirmed where defendant’s Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claim fails as he falls short of establishing that he was prejudiced by anything his trial counsel did or didn’t do.
Read Cianciola v. Dittmann, No. 09-1867
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Decided January 28, 2010
Judges
Before: Easterbrook. Chief Judge, and Evans, and Williams, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Evans
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