Legal Opinion
Joseph Coles v. Keith Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2014No. 13-3280UnpublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Coles, an Ohio inmate, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Coles was convicted by a jury on 43 counts of rape stemming from the sexual abuse of his step-daughter, S.D., between January 8, 2001 and July 5, 2004, when S.D. was over the age of thirteen. Coles raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the State violated his constitutional rights to notice and protection from double jeopardy when it charged him with identical counts of rape alleging undifferentiated misconduct over an extended…
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