Milton v. Boughton

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 17-1910
Decision Date: 
August 30, 2018
Federal District: 
E.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s habeas petition that challenged his first-degree reckless homicide conviction on ground that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file motion to suppress identification evidence from uncounseled post-indictment lineup. State court could properly find that defendant failed to establish any prejudice arising out of said failure, where record showed that two witnesses who did not participate in said lineup identified defendant as culprit, and other evidence pointed to defendant’s guilt on charged offense.