Legal Opinion
Patricia Ouska v. Lynn Cahill-Masching, 1
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 2001No. 99-2354PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Patricia Ouska was charged with the armed robbery and murder of Beeland Te on May 7, 1992, and was tried before an Illinois jury. Ms. Ouska was found guilty of those charges and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole by the trial court. The Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed Ms. Ouska’s conviction, and the Illinois Supreme Court denied her leave to appeal. Ms. Ouska then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court; she asserted that, during her trial, the prosecution (1) used her pre-arrest silence as substantive evidence of her guilt…
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