Legal Opinion
Carmelo Quintana v. Nedra Chandler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 2013No. 12-3125PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
On a cold night in the winter of 1999, Carmelo Quintana and his two friends lured a woman into a van. Quintana restrained the victim, while his friend sexually assaulted her. Eventually, the victim escaped by jumping nude out of the moving van. Quintana was arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. After serving a year in prison awaiting trial, the state offered Quintana a plea deal, somewhat surprising in its leniency, of a four-year sentence on the kidnapping charge and a four-year sentence on the sexual assault charge to run concurrently at 50% good…
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