Legal Opinion
O'Quinn v. Spiller
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 25, 2015No. 14-1836PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
In late October 1997, Chester O’Quinn was charged in Illinois state court with murdering his girlfriend’s one-year-old daughter. Forty-two months later his case proceeded to trial and a jury found him guilty. After exhausting his state appeals, O’Quinn filed a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 raising multiple claims of constitutional error. Only one is relevant here: O’Quinn contends the pretrial delay violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The district court denied the habeas petition but granted a certificate of appealability on this single…
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