Frazier v. Varga

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 15-2661
Decision Date: 
December 1, 2016
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s habeas petition that challenged his 60-year extended term sentence on his home invasion conviction on ground that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him that he faced potentially longer sentence than statutory maximum of 30 years because victim qualified as vulnerable victim who was over 60 years old. While defendant raised other ineffective assistance of counsel claims in his habeas petition, defendant waived instant ineffective assistance of counsel issue due to his failure to raise said claim in Dist. Ct.