U.S. v. O'CONNOR

No. 09-2476.

656 F.3d 630 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Azureeiah O'CONNOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helene B. Greenwald (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Sarah O'Rourke Schrup, Attorney, Law Students, Evan Boehicher and Kevin O'Keefe , Northwestern University School of Law, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Azureeiah O'Connor was convicted by a jury of wire fraud and appeals her conviction on multiple grounds. She focuses first on the 1,229-day delay between the date the last of her codefendants was arraigned and the start of her trial, a delay that she contends violated the Speedy Trial Act (the "Act"), 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et seq., and her right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment. She also challenges the jury instructions, the...

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