O'QUINN v. SPILLER

No. 14-1836.

806 F.3d 974 (2015)

Chester O'QUINN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tom SPILLER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Shriner, Jr. , Attorney, David Froiland, Attorney, Ryan N. Parsons , Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Brian McLeish , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


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...

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