Conroy v. Thompson

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Habeas Corpus
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 17-3624
Decision Date: 
July 11, 2019
Federal District: 
S.D. Ill.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing as untimely, defendant’s 2016 habeas petition that challenged his 2007 conviction on ground that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate the case and by coercing him to plead guilty on solicitation of murder charges. Defendant had one year after his conviction became final in 2008 to file habeas petition, and Ct. rejected defendant’s contention that his mental limitations, which included diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, entitled him to equitable tolling of limitations period, since: (1) defendant was found competent to stand trial in 2006; (2) defendant failed to show that his mental issues drastically deteriorated after court found him competent to stand trial; and (3) defendant originally attributed his failure to timely file his habeas petition to fact that he was unaware of one-year limitations period.