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UNITED STATES v. GERRITY

Nos. 85-2167, 85-2972.

804 F.2d 1330 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul M. GERRITY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas PONCHIK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Newberry, Gladstone, Mo., Richard C. Kloak, Elmwood Park, Ill., Kathryn Hall, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Scott Turow, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Barbara B. Berman, Jan E. Kearney, Nathan A. Fishbach, Asst. U.S. Attys., Joseph P. Stadmueller, U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The criminal defense bar has a special responsibility to its clients and to this court. The defendants, often imprisoned while their appeals are pending, depend on their attorneys to prosecute their appeals vigorously; the sixth amendment's guarantee of effective assistance of counsel on direct appeal, Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821 (1985), requires no less. And we rely on counsel to...

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