Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//January 9, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Duane E. Turner v. Richard Brown

Case No.: 15-1592

Officials: FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Duane E. Turner has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court raising claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in challenging his sentence for murder. The district court denied his petition as untimely, concluding that the last day on which Turner could have filed his federal habeas petition was September 23, 1998, one year after his murder conviction and sentence became final. We granted a certificate of appealability, asking the parties to ad‐ dress whether Turner’s petition was timely filed under Jimenez v. Quarterman, 555 U.S. 113 (2009). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court’s denial of the petition as untimely.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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